BUYING  LIST  OF  BOOKS  FOR 
SMALL  LIBRARIES 


COMPILED  BY 
ZAIDEE  BROWN 

NEW  EDITION  REVISED  BY 
CAROLINE  WEBSTER 


PREFACE 

This  list  has  been  prepared  for  small  village  libraries  in  New 
York  State,  especially  those  that  have  only  a little  money  to  spend 
for  books.  Expensive  books  and  expensive  editions  have  there- 
fore been  omitted.  It  is  believed  that  all  the  editions  recommended, 
however,  are  fairly  satisfactory.  In  many  cases,  the  better  edition 
and  its  price  are  given  after  the  cheaper  one. 

In  buying,  it  is  suggested  that  about  one-third  of  the  money  be 
spent  for  nonfiction,  one-third  for  fiction  and  one-third  for  juvenile 
books  (including  both  fiction  and  other  works).  Of  course  the 
proportion  may  be  altered  to  suit  circumstances.  It  is  recom- 
mended that  whenever  possible  books  be  bought  in  the  special 
library  binding. 

The  prices  given  are  the  regular  list  prices,  and  libraries  usually 
get  at  least  one-third  discount,  except  in  the  case  of  net  books, 
when  it  is  usually  io  per  cent.  The  total  cost  of  the  following 
ooks  should  be  from  one-fourth  to  one-third  less  than  the  total  of 
rices  as  given.  Often  it  is  profitable  to  buy  of  dealers  in  second- 
and  books  and  remainders  of  editions.  Responsible  dealers  will 
arantee  books  to  be  in  good  condition. 


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As  the  following  list  is  intended  merely  as  an  aid  in  buying, 
regular  cataloging  rules  have  not  been  followed.  It  should  there- 
fore not  be  used  as  a guide  for  the  form  of  the  author’s  name. 
When  there  is  a choice,  the  best  known  form  of  the  author’s  name 
or  a well-known  pseudonym  is  used. 

In  this  edition  there  is  no  change  from  the  character  of  the  first 
list.  The  same  general  arrangement  is  retained  and  in  most  cases 
the  same  subject  headings  used.  Every  class  is  thoroughly  revised 
and  while  there  is  a slight  increase  in  the  number  of  titles  in 
sociology,  science,  useful  arts  and  amusements,  it  results  in  a net 
increase  of  but  78  titles  in  the  entire  list.  The  fewest  changes  are 
in  the  list  of  children’s  books.  One  or  two  good  inexpensive  editions 
of  standard  books  are  added  and  some  of  the  strikingly  good  stories 
of  the  past  two  years  included.  In  a small  library  it  is  not  important 
to  buy  the  very  latest  child’s  story.  To  buy  the  best  must  be  the 
aim  of  a library  in  the  purchase  of  its  children's  books. 

CLASSIFICATION 

The  Decimal  classification  numbers  have  been  added.  Except 
in  travel  and  history,  only  three  figures  have  been  given,  for 
in  a small  library  it  is  not  well  to  subdivide  classes  to  much.  Where 
two  class  numbers  are  given,  the  first  is  advised  unless  in  a particular 
library  books  of  the  same  sort  have  already  been  given  the  second. 
The  object  of  classification  is,  of  course,  to  bring  like  books  together. 
When  new  numbers  are  given,  they  should  correspond  with  those 
used  previously;  that  is,  a library  using  B for  biography  must 
continue  to  do  so  (unless  all  biography  numbers  are  changed)  when 
new  biographies  are  added  even  though  the  A.  L.  A.  Booklist  or 
this  list  numbers  it  921.  The  classification  of  children’s  books  differs 
slightly  from  the  classification  used  in  the  adult  collection.  It  has 
been  based  largely  upon  the  numbering  used  in  Miss  Kennedy’s 
Suggestive  list  of  children’s  books,  the  use  of  which  list  is  advised 
in  making  a fuller  selection  of  children’s  books.  It  will  also  be 
found  most  valuable  in  its  descriptive  notes  on  the  books  here  listed. 

MAGAZINES 

The  list  of  magazines  included  is  that  indexed  in  the  Reader's 
guide  abridged  (H.  W.  Wilson  Co.,  Minneapolis  $4).  There  are, 
of  course,  more  magazines  in  this  list  than  a library  with  a book 
fund  of  $200  should  subscribe  for;  but  we  recommend  that  a 
selection  be  made  from  this  list  and  advise  spending  one-fifth  of 


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such  an  income  on  magazines  and  binding.  In  order  to  have  State 
aid  in  the  purchase  of  magazines  they  must  be  bound.  The 
importance  of  magazines  in  a small  library  can  not  be  too  strongly 
emphasized.  They  do  more  to  bring  patrons  to  the  library  and 
to  keep  the  library  abreast  of  the  times  than  any  one  other  thing, 
and  if  a magazine  index  is  purchased,  which  is  strongly  advised, 
the  bound  numbers  are  useful  for  reference. 

In  selecting  magazines  the  library  should  consider  the  needs  of 
the  entire  community  and  should  see  that  as  far  as  possible  all 
tastes  are  considered.  No  matter  how  good  they  may  be  do  not 
subscribe  for  three  or  four  magazines  which  cover  the  same  field 
while  other  fields  are  neglected. 

In  buying  magazines  it  is  well  to  purchase  from  one  agent  and 
have  all  subscriptions  expire  at  the  same  time,  preferably  the  first 
of  January.  In  placing  orders  preference  should  of  course  be  given 
to  the  local  dealer  if  his  prices  are  as  low  as  those  of  the  magazine 
agency.  It  is  advisable  to  submit  a list  of  desired  magazines  to  an 
agency  as  well  as  to  the  local  dealer  before  the  order  is  placed. 
Following  is  a list  of  responsible  dealers : 


J.  W.  Grumiaux 
J.  M.  Hanson 
Henry  Malkan 
W.  H.  Moore 
G.  E.  Stechert  & Co. 
A.  C.  McClurg  & Co. 


Le  Roy,  N.  Y. 

Lexington,  Ky. 

1 8 Broadway,  New  York  City 
Brockport,  N.  Y. 

1 5 1 — 55  W.  25th  st.,  New  York  City 
Chicago,  111. 


EDITIONS 

The  Wisconsin  Library  Commission  in  the  introduction  to  its 
Suggestive  list  of  popular  books  for  a small  library  says:  “A 
very  small  library  should  have  an  unusual  proportion  of  books  by 
the  old  authors,  commonly  called  ‘ standard.’  As  there  are 
many  editions  of  the  best  of  such  works,  and  as  most  of  the  cheap 
editions  are  very  poor,  book  committees  should  be  very  careful  in 
selecting  the  editions  as  well  as  in  selecting  the  titles.  To  order 
simply  Arabian  nights  in  a cheap  edition  may  bring  a copy  that  is 
so  poorly  made  as  to  be  almost  valueless  or  a full  translation  that  is 
thoroughly  objectionable.” 

In  making  this  list  an  effort  has  been  made  to  select  the  most 
satisfactory  of  the  inexpensive  editions  of  the  standard  authors. 
In  the  case  of  libraries  having  more  means  it  will  sometimes  be 


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found  better  to  buy  more  expensive  editions.  In  buying  the  copy- 
righted books  of  the  list  there  is  usually  no  choice. 

In  buying  books  in  science,  political  and  social  economy  and  the 
useful  arts,  book  committees  should  always  buy  the  latest  editions. 
In  this  particular  we  can  not  emphasize  too.  strongly  the  advice 
which  has  been  quoted  for  several  years  in  the  Prefatory  note  to 
the  Best  books  list  from  the  Journal  of  Nezv  Jersey  Libraries, 
October  1903  : “ Do  not  buy  subscription  books ; avoid  books  issued 
in  parts;  ask  advice  before  purchasing  expensive  reprints. 

“ Finest  Orations,  Noblest  Essays,  Royal  Flim  Flams,  Huge 
Anthologies  and  the  like  all  come  to  the  secondhand  man.  Get  them 
of  him,  if  you  must.  In  a small  library  they  are  generally  almost 
useless.  In  subscription  books,  cases  like  this  are  not  uncommon. 
Maspero  wrote  several  large  and  learned  volumes,  in  French,  on 
Egypt  and  Chaldea.  They  were  translated  and  published  in  three 
or  four  volumes  in  England,  costing  libraries  in  this  country  about 
$5  each.  An  American  publisher  reprints  them  in  12  small  volumes 
with  a few  additional  colored  cuts,  on  heavier  paper  and  in  larger 
type  and  offers  them  through  agents  for  $84  — and  libraries  buy 
them ! 

“ Do  not  buy  sets  or  complete  editions  of  authors.  Buy  the 
volumes  you  need  and  as  you  need  them.  A complete  set  always 
includes  several  volumes  you  do  not  need.  Specify  the  edition  you 
wish  of  standard  books  when  you  can,  unless  you  find  a bookseller 
able  and  willing  to  select  them  wisely  for  you.” 

OTHER  AIDS  TO  BOOK  SELECTION 

The  State  Library  will  give  further  help  at  any  time  in  selecting 
books,  by  giving  lists  of  the  best  books  on  a certain  subject,  or  by 
looking  over  lists  of  books  that  a library  expects  to  buy.  On  request, 
it  will  mention  other  books  of  the  same  sort  that  are  preferable  to 
those  on  the  list  submitted,  if  such  are  known. 

In  so  short  a list  as  this  many  books  must  be  omitted  that  are 
fully  as  desirable  as  those  included.  The  compilers  of  this  list 
grant  that  to  be  most  useful  any  catalog  of  book  titles  should  be 
annotated.  In  the  present  case,  however,  the  selection  has  been 
rigid,  the  number  of  titles  purposely  so  small  as  to  prove  no 
embarrassment  to  even  the  smallest  library,  and  it  is  believed  that 
the  very  inclusion  in  a classified  list  like  this  is  sufficient  annotation 
for  the  present  purpose.  Those  wishing  longer  lists  or  descriptive 
notes  on  books  in  this  list,  should  consult  the  following : 


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A.  L.  A.  catalog  of  8000  volumes.  1904. 

May  be  obtained  of  the  Superintendent  of  Documents,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  for  $1. 

A.  L.  A.  catolog,  1904-1911;  class  list.  3000  titles;  ed.  by  E.  L. 
Bascom.  A.  L.  A.  Pub.  Board,  78  E.  Washington  st.,  Chicago, 
$I-5°- 

Annual  list  of  Best  Books,  published  by  New  York  State  Library. 

Sent  free  to  all  libraries  in  New  York  State.  Ten  cents  outside 
New  York  State. 

A.  L.  A.  Booklist : 10  issues  a year.  $1  per  year.  78  E.  Washing- 
ton st.,  Chicago,  111. 

Best  Books  and  A.  L.  A.  Booklist  are  furnished  free  to  registered 
libraries  in  New  York  State.  For  instructions  for  using  lists 
mentioned  abov^e,  see  pages  3-5  in  Directions  for  the  librarian  of  a 
small  library , published  by  the  Educational  Extension  Division, 
New  York  State  Education  Department.  This  pamphlet  also  gives 
directions  for  ordering. 

Other  useful  lists  are : 

Buffalo  Public  Library.  Class-room  libraries.  April  1909.  31c 

This  is  arranged  by  grade,  i.  e.  age,  with  valuable  subject  index. 
Carnegie  Library,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  Annotated  catalogue  of  books 
used  in  home  libraries  and  reading  clubs.  25c 
Arranged  by  subject. 

Catalogue  of  books  for  the  first  8 grades.  50c 

Arranged  by  grade. 

Catalogue  of  books  in  the  children’s  department.  $1 

Arranged  by  author. 

Kennedy,  H.  T.  comp.  Suggestive  list  of  children’s  books  for  a 
small  library,  recommended  by  the  League  of  library  commissions. 
Wisconsin  Free  Lib.  Com’n,  Madison,  pap.  25c 
Stanley,  H.  H.  comp.  550  children’s  books. 

A.  L.  A.  Pub.  Board,  pap.  15c 

Publications  of  A.  L.  A.  Publishing  Board,  78  E.  Washington  st., 
Chicago.  A list  will  be  sent  on  application.  They  include  lists  of 
foreign  books. 

Special  lists  appearing  from  time  to  time  in  New  York  Libraries; 
such  as  the  lists  on  travel  and  agriculture  in  the  number  for 
'October  1909  and  attractive  editions  of  children’s  books  in  the 
July  1912  number. 


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BOOKS  FOR  ADULTS;  ARRANGED  BY  SUBJECT 

This  part  of  the  list  has  been  made  rather  long,  in  proportion  to 
the  others,  to  allow  choice  to  suit  local  conditions,  and  also  that  the 
list  may  serve  as  an  aid  in  buying  for  some  time.  Even  a very 
small  library  should  buy  some  books  from  each  group,  but  those 
chosen  will  vary  to  suit  different  places. 

The  list  includes  more  books  on  the  subjects  that  experience  has 
shown  to  be  popular,  such  as  books  on  animals  and  travel ; and 
fewer  books  on  the  subjects  for  which  there  is  less  demand,  such 
as  history.  That  is,  the  choice  is  based  on  probable  popularity, 
rather  than  on  the  absolute  value  of  the  books.  The  list  is  made 
for  a small  village  library  whose  work  is  mainly  circulating  books 
for  general  reading. 

Additional  books  on  the  different  subjects  will  be  found  in  the 
list  of  children’s  books.  Many  books  are  equally  interesting  to 
children  and  adults. 

The  A.  L.  A.  catalog  and  Supplement  and  the  annual  Best  books 
will  furnish  additional  titles  in  any  subject  desired. 

This  list  is  arranged  under  the  following  headings,  in  the  order 
named : 

Reference  books  Housekeeping  and  cooking 

Conduct,  mental  hygiene,  etc.  Sewing  and  fancy  work 

Religion  Home  decoration 

Social  conditions,  citizenship,  law  etc.  Domestic  architecture  and  building 
Education  (including  home  training  of  Carpentry  and  handicraft 


children) 

Etiquet 

Holidays 

Writing  and  speaking  English 

Science,  miscellaneous 

Geology 

Botany 

Animals 

Insects 

Birds 

Industries,  inventions,  electricity 
Medicine,  hygiene,  sanitation  and 


Art 

Music 

Games  and  amusements 
Literature 

Essays  and  miscellaneous  prose 

Poetry 

Plays 

Travel  and  description 
Biography,  collective 
Biography,  individual 
Indians 

History  (except  American) 
American  history 
Fiction 


gymnastics 

Agriculture 

Gardening 


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031 


912 

912 

328 

374 

912 

603 

328 

3i7 

912 

423 


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Reference  books 

fuller  list  consult  New  York  Libraries  October  1907  and  July  1908. 

Appleton’s  new  practical  cyclopedia.  6v.  Appleton, 
buckram  $9.75;  half  morocco  $12.60 

Sufficiently  comprehensive  and  workmanlike  to  be  recom- 
mended to  small  libraries  or  grammar  schools  unable  to  buy  a 
more  elaborate  cyclopedia.  The  articles  are  up  to  date,  short  and 
nontechnical;  the  illustrations,  maps  and  indexes  useful;  the 
cross  references  adequate.  If  a library  can  afford  it,  The  new 
international  cyclopedia,  20v.  Dodd,  subscription  $5  a volume,  is 
advised.  It  can  be  purchased  of  secondhand  dealers  for  much  less. 

Bartholomew,  J.  G.  Literary  and  historical  atlas  of 
America.  (Everyman’s  lib.)  Dutton  35c 

Literary  and  historical  atlas  of  Europe. 

(Everyman’s  lib.)  Dutton  35c 

Murlin’s  Red  Book  of  New  York  State. 

To  be  obtained  through  State  senator  or  assemblyman.  A new 
edition  is  issued  each  year  shortly  after  January  1st. 

Ringwalt,  R.  C.  Briefs  on  public  questions. 

Longmans  $1.20 

Rand,  McNally  & Co.  New  imperial  atlas  of  the 
world.  $2.50 

The  same  firm  publishes  a much  larger  atlas,  2 v.  $20,  but  the 
less  expensive'  one  will  answer  at  first. 

Scientific  American  cyclopedia  of  receipts,  notes  and 
queries.  Munn  $5 

U.  S.  Congressional  directory.  Latest  edition. 

To  be  obtained  through  United  States  senator  or  congressman. 

U.  S.  Department  of  Commerce  and  Labor.  Statis- 
tical abstract  of  the  U.  S.  Latest  edition. 

Apply  to  the  Department  of  Commerce  and  Labor,  Washington, 
D.  C.  or  to  your  congressman. 

U.  S.  Geological  Survey. 

A good  topographic  map  of  your  section,  and  of  those  near 
you  can  be  had  for  5c  each  from  Director,  U.  S.  Geological  Sur- 
vey, Washington.  Stamps  will  not  be  taken  in  payment. 

Webster,  Noah.  Webster’s  new  international  dictionary 
of  the  English  language.  Rev.  ed.  1909. 

Merriam  $12 

For  libraries  that  can  not  afford  Webster,  Stormonth’s 

Unabridged,  dictionary  of  the  English  language  is  ad- 
vised. New  and  rev.  & enl.  ed.  with  supplement. 

McKay  $1.50 

World  almanac  and  encyclopedia. 

Press  Pub.  Co.  25c  a year 


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615  or  131 
613  or  131 
170 

613 

150 

131 

616  or  131 
615  or  131 


Conduct,  mental  hygiene,  etc. 

Baker,  R.  S.  New  ideals  in  healing.  Stokes  85c 

Call,  A.  P.  Power  through  repose.  Little  $1 

Fallows,  A.  K.  Point  of  view.  McClurg  35c 

Gulick,  L.  H.  The  efficient  life.  Doubleday  $1.20 
King,  H.  C.  Rational  living.  (Macmillan  standard 
lib.)  Grosset  50c 

Saleeby,  C.  W.  Worry,  the  disease  of  the  age. 

Stokes  $1.35 

Schofield,  A.  T.  Nervousness.  Moffat  50c 

Worcester,  Elwood  St  others.  Religion  and  medicine. 

Grosset  50c 


225 

220 

266 

248 

220 


266 

261 

290 

220 

232 


Religion 

Abbott,  Lyman.  Life  and  letters  of  Paul  the  apostle. 

Houghton  $1.50 

Adeney,  W.  F.  How  to  read  the  Bible. 

Methodist  Book  Concern  50c 

Barnes,  L.  C.  Two  thousand  years  of  missions  before 
Carey.  Christian  Culture  Co.  $1.50 

Begbie,  Harold.  Twice  born  men.  Revell  $1.25 

Bible.  The  Riverside  Parallel  Bible  containing  the  Old 
and  New  Testaments  in  the  King  James  version 
arranged  in  parallel  columns  with  the  Revised  version 
of  1881  and  1885.  $5 

Good  editions  of  the  King  James  and  American  revision  bound 
separately  may  be  obtained  from  Thomas  Nelson  & Sons  from 
$1.50  to  $5. 

The  Modern  Readers  Bible  ed.  by  Richard  G.  Moulton,  1 v. 
Macmillan  $2,  presents  the  Bible  in  literary  form. 

Brain,  B.  M.  ed.  Missionary  readings  for  missionary 
programs.  Revell  60c 

Butterfield,  K.  L.  Country  church  and  the  rural 
problem.  Univ.  of  Chicago  $1 

Clarke,  J.  F.  Ten  great  religions.  2v.  Houghton  $2  ea 

Contents:  part  1,  An  essay  in  comparative  theology;  part  2, 
A comparison  of  all  religions. 

Clarke,  W.  N.  Sixty  years  with  the  Bible. 

Scribner  $1.25 

Dawson,  W.  J.  Life  of  Christ.  Jacobs  $1.50 


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21 1 Fiske,  John.  Idea  of.  God.  Houghton  $i 

Other  books  in  this  series  by  Fiske  published  by  Houghton  at 
$i  are  the  Destiny  of  man , Through  nature  to  God  and  the  Life 
everlasting. 


261  Grenfell,  Sir  W.  T.  What  the  church  means  to  me;  a 

frank  confession  and  a friendly  estimate  by  an  insider. 

Pilgrim  Press  50c 

230  Hodges,  George.  Every  man’s  religion. 

Macmillan  $1.50 

237  In  after  days:  thoughts  on  the  future  life;  by  W.  D. 

Howells,  Henry  James,  John  Bigelow,  T.  W.  Higgin- 
son,  H.  M.  Alden,  W.  H.  Thomson,  Guglielemo 
Ferrero,  J.  W.  Howe  and  E.  S.  Phelps.  Harper  $1 .25 
266  Lambert,  J.  C.  Romance  of  missionary  heroism. 

Lippincott  $1.50 

268  Peloubet,  F.  M.  Front  line  of  the  Sunday  school  move- 
ment. Wilde  $1 

261  Rauschenbusch,  Walter.  Christianity  and  the  social 

crisis.  (Macmillan  standard  lib.)  Grosset  50c 

204  or  252  Robertson,  F.  W.  Religion  and  life.  (Everyman’s 
lib.)  Dutton  35c 

Robertson’s  sermons  on  Bible  subjects  and  Christian  doctrine 
are  also  published  in  Everyman’s  lib.  (Dutton  35c  ea.) 


Social  conditions,  citizenship,  law  etc. 

176  Addams,  Jane.  A new  conscience  and  an  ancient  evil. 

Macmillan  $1 

331  The  spirit  of  youth  and  the  city  streets. 

Macmillan  $1.25 

350  Allen,  W.  H.  Woman’s  part  in  government  whether 

she  votes  or  not.  Dodd  $1.50 

330  Brooks,  J.  G.  Social  unrest.  Grosset  50c 

342  Bryce,  James.  American  commonwealth.  Abridged  ed. 

Macmillan  $1.75 

Chapters  from  the  same  work  published  by  Grosset  with  title, 
Social  institutions  of  the  United  States , 75c. 

324  Childs,  R.  S.  Short-ballot  principles.  Houghton  $1 

658  Cromwell,  J.  H.  American  business  woman,  a guide 

for  investment,  preservation  and  accumulation  of 
property.  Ed.  2 rev.  and  enl.  Putnam  $2 

331  Ely,  R.  T.  Labor  movement  in  America. 

Macmillan  $1.25 


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656  or  385  Fagan,  J.  O.  Confessions  of  a railroad  signalman. 

Houghton  $1 

324  Fanning,  C.  E.  comp.  Selected  articles  on  direct 

primaries.  Wilson  $1  n 

Primary  elections  by  C.  E.  Merriam  (Univ.  of  Chic.  $1.25  n) 
is  a valuable  history  of  the  movement  for  the  legal  regulation  of 
the  primaries,  studying  the  features  and  practical  workings  of 
various  state  laws  and  indicating  future  developments. 

352  Good,  Jessie.  The  how  of  village  improvement. 

American  Civic  Ass’n,  Harrisburg,  Pa.  25c 
Send  for  a list  of  the  other  publications  of  this  association. 

347  Huffcut,  E.  W.  Elements  of  business  law.  Ginn  $1 

338  Jenks,  J.  W.  Trust  problem.  Doubleday  $1 

330  Laughlin,  J.  L.  Industrial  America.  Scribner  $1.25 

321  Oberholtzer,  E.  P.  The  referendum  in  America;  to- 

gether with  some  chapters  on  the  initiative  and  the 
recall.  New  ed.  Scribner  $2 

Phelps,  Selected  articles  on  the  initiative  and  referendum. 
Ed.  2 rev.  & enl.  Wilson  $1,  and  Johnson  Selected  articles  on  the 
recall,  Wilson  25c  are  both  excellent  handbooks  giving  articles 
on  both  sides  of  these  questions. 

178  Peabody,  F.  G.  Liquor  problem:  a summary  of  the 

investigation  of  the  Committee  of  Fifty,  1893-1903. 

Houghton  $1 

331  Riis,  J.  A.  Battle  with  the  slum.  Macmillan  $2 

335  Skelton,  O.  D.  Socialism  : a critical  analysis. 

Houghton  $1.50 

325  Steiner,  J.  C.  On  the  trail  of  the  immigrant. 

Revell  $1.50 

338  Van  Hise,  C.  P.  Conservation  of  natural  resources  in 

the  United  States.  Macmillan  $2 

359  Williams,  Henry.  The  United  States  navy:  a hand- 
book. Holt  $1.50 

331  Wyckoff,  W.  A.  The  workers:  East.  Scribner  $1.25 

Education  (including  home  training  of  children) 

173  Abbott,  E.  H.  On  the  training  of  parents. 

Houghton  $1 

374  or  824  Bennett,  Arnold.  How  to  live  on  24  hours  a day. 

Doran  50c 

372  Bryant,  S.  C.  How  to  tell  stories  to  children. 

Houghton  $1 

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379  Foght,  W.  The  American  rural  school. 

Macmillan  $1.25 

136  Forbush,  W.  B.  The  coming  generation.  (Social 

betterment  ser.)  Appleton  $1.50 

370  Henderson,  C.  H.  Education  and  the  larger  life. 

Houghton  $1.30 

372  Hewitt,  E.  C.  How  to  train  children.  Jacobs  50c 

379  Kern,  O.  J.  Among  country  schools.  Ginn  $1.25 

173  McKeever,  W.  A.  Farm  boys  and  girls. 

Macmillan  $1.50 

371  Montessori,  Maria.  Montessori  method;  scientific 

pedagogy  as  applied  to  child  education  in  “ The 
children’s  houses  ” ; tr.  from  the  Italian  by  A.  E. 
George.  Stokes  $1.75 

371  Palmer,  G.  H.  The  ideal  teacher.  (Riverside  educa- 

tional monographs)  Houghton  35c 

374  or  174  Parsons,  Frank.  Choosing  a vocation.  Houghton  $1 

372  Perry,  A.  C.  jr.  Problems  of  the  elementary  school. 

Appleton  $1.25 

370  Quick,  R.  H.  Essays  on  educational  reformers. 

(Internat.  educ.  ser.)  Appleton  $1.50 

374  or  174  Rollins,  F.  W.  What  can  a young  man  do? 

Little  $1.50 

379  U.  S.  Bureau  of  Education.  Report  of  the  commis- 

sioner of  education.  Free  to  libraries  upon  application 
to  U.  S.  Bureau  of  Education,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Etiquet 

395  Clapp,  E.  B.  The  courtesies.  Barnes  $1 

Holidays 

808  or  394  Schauffler,  R.  H.  ed.  Christmas.  Moffat  $1 

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Writing  and  speaking  English 

808  or  425  Burt,  G.  A.  Art  of  expression : recitations  for  public 
use.  Heath  $1 

808  Cody,  S.  A.  Selection  from  the  world’s  great  orations. 

McClurg  $1 


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428  or  420  Lounsbury,  T.  R.  Standard  of  usage  in  English. 

Harper  $1.50 

428  Mintz,  F.  S.  The  new  American  citizen:  a reader  for 

foreigners.  Macmillan  50c 

428  O’Brien,  S.  R.  English  for  foreigners.  Houghton  50c 

808  or  420  Palmer,  G.  H.  Self-cultivation  in  .English.  (River- 
side educational  monographs  Houghton  35c 

428  Scott,  F.  N.  Elementary  English  composition.  New 

ed.  1909.  Allyn  80c 

808  Shurter,  E.  D.  Extempore  speaking.  Ginn  90c 

808  Webster,  W.  F.  English  composition  and  literature. 

Houghton  90c 


Science 

Miscellaneous 

504  Bailey,  L.  H.  Outlook  to  nature.  New  ed. 

Macmillan  $1.25 

51 1 Bigelow,  A.  H.  & Arnold,  W.  A.  Elements  of  business 

arithmetic.  (Macmillan’s  commercial  ser.) 

Macmillan  70c 

575  Clodd,  Edward.  Story  of  creation  : a plain  account  of 

evolution.  Longmans  $1.25 

530  or  509  Duncan,  R.  K.  The  new  knowledge : a popular  account 
of  the  new  physics  and  the  new  chemistry  in  relation 
to  the  new  theory  of  matter.  Barnes  $2 

504  Gibson,  C.  R.  Scientific  ideas  of  to-day.  (Pop.  sci. 

ser.)  Lippincott  $1.50 

571  Hall,  H.  R.  Days  before  history.  Crowell  50c 

523  Martin,  M.  E.  The  friendly  stars.  Harper  $1.25 

500  Mathews,  F.  S.  Familiar  features  of  the  roadside. 

Appleton  $1.75 

507  N.  Y.  State  College  of  Agriculture,  Cornell  University, 

Ithaca,  N.  Y.  Home  nature  study  lessons.  Pamphlets. 

Free 


500  — Rural  school  leaflets.  Pamphlets.  Free. 

540  Ostwald,  Wilhelm  & Morse,  H.  W.  Elementary 

modern  chemistry.  Ginn  $1 

504  Sharp,  D.  L.  Face  of  the  fields.  Houghton  $1.25 


Geology 

551  Cole,  G.  A.  J.  The  changeful  earth;  an  introduction 

to  the  record  of  the  rocks.  Macmillan  50c 


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Dana,  J.  D.  Geological  story  briefly  told. 

American  Book  Co.  $1.15 
Russell,  I.  C.  Rivers  of  North  America.  Putnam  $2 
Shaler,  N.  S.  Man  and  the  earth.  Duffleld  $1.50 

Botany 

Atkinson,  G.  F.  First  studies  of  plant  life.  Ginn  60c 
Bailey,  L.  H.  Beginners’  botany.  Macmillan  60c 
Beal,  W.  J.  Seed  dispersal.  Ginn  35c 

Dame,  L.  L.  & Brooks,  Henry.  Handbook  of  the  trees 
of  New  England.  Ginn  $1.50 

Dana,  Mrs  W.  S.  (afterwards  Mrs  Parsons)  How  to 
know  the  wild  flowers.  New  and  enl.  ed.  Scribner  $2 

Best  book  for  people  who  know  nothing  of  science  of  botany, 
though  Mathews’s  Field  book  of  American  wild  flowers,  Putnam 
$1.75  n,  and  Blanchan’s  Nature’s  garden,  Grosset  50c,  are  both 
excellent. 

Huntington,  A.  O.  Poison  ivy  and  swamp  sumach. 

Author,  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass.  75c 
Mathews,  F.  S.  Familiar  trees  and  their  leaves.  New 
ed.  Appleton  $1.75 

Pinchot,  Gifford.  Primer  of  forestry. 

U.  S.  Bureau  of  Forestry,  free 
U.  S.  Bureau  of  Forestry.  History  of  the  lumber  in- 
dustry in  the  State  of  New  York.  (Bulletin  34) 

U.  S.  Bureau  of  Forestry  20c 
Weed,  C.  M.  Wild  flower  families.  Lippincott  $1.50 

Animals 

Bostock,  F.  C.  Training  of  wild  animals.  Century  $1 
Cram,  W.  E.  Little  beasts  of  field  and  wood. 

Small  $1.25 

Hornaday,  W.  T.  American  natural  history. 

Scribner  $3.50 

Ingersoll,  Ernest.  Wild  life  of  orchard  and  field. 

Harper  $1.40 

Roberts,  C.  G.  D.  Haunters  of  the  silences. 

Grosset  50c 

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Sharp,  D.  L.  A watcher  in  the  woods.  Century  84c 


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Insects 

Comstock,  J.  H.  Insect  life.  Appleton  $1.75 

Comstock,  J.  H.  & Mrs  A.  B.  How  to  know  the  butter- 
flies of  the  Eastern  United  States.  Appleton  $2.25 
Howard,  L.  O.  The  house  fly.  Stokes  $1.60 

Peckham,  G.  W.  & Mrs  E.  G.  Wasps,  social  and 
solitary.  Houghton,  $1.50 

Birds 

Blanchan,  Neltje.  ( Mrs  N.  B.  DeG.  Doubleday) 

Bird  neighbors.  Grosset  50c 

Chapman,  F.  M.  Bird-life.  Popular  ed.  Appleton  $2 
Job,  H.  K.  How  to  study  birds.  Outing  $1.50 

Merriam,  Florence.  Birds  of  village  and  field. 

Houghton  $2 

Industries,  inventions,  electricity 
Corbin,  T.  W.  Engineering  of  to-day. 

Lippincott  $1.50 

Gibson,  C.  R.  Electricity  of  to-day.  Lippincott  $1.50 
Grahame- White,  Claude.  Story  of  the  aeroplane. 

Small  $2 

Harper,  E.  H.  & Ferguson,  Allen.  Aerial  locomotion. 

Putnam  $1 

Harrison,  Newton.  Making  wireless  outfits.  Spon  50c 
Hungerford,  Edward.  The  modern  railroad. 

McClurg  $1.75 

Husband,  Joseph.  A year  in  a coal-mine. 

Houghton  $1.10 

Judson,  W.  P.  Road  preservation  and  dust  prevention. 

Engineering  News  $1.50 
Kennelly,  A.  E.  Wireless  telegraphy  and  telephony. 

Ed.  2.  Moffat  $1 

Knox,  C.  E.  & Shoad,  G.  C.  Electric  wiring  and  light- 
ing. Amer.  School  of  Correspondence  $1 

McCollough,  Ernest.  Engineering  as  a vocation. 

Williams  $1 

Meadowcroft,  W.  H.  A B C of  electricity,  including 
wireless  telegraphy.  Rev.  ed.  Excelsior  50c 

Mumby,  A.  E.  Course  of  simple  experiments  in 
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526  Phillips,  A.  E.  Surveying. 

Amer.  School  of  Correspondence  $1.50 

If  a library  can  afford  it  C.  B.  Breed  & G.  L.  Hosmer’s  Prin- 
ciples and  practice  of  surveying,  2 v.  Wiley,  v.  1 $3,  v.  2 $2.50  (a 
good  student’s  manual)  is  a better  book  for  purchase. 

629  Sloss,  R.  T.  The  automobile.  Outing  $1.25 

Medicine,  hygiene,  sanitation  and  gymnastics 

614  or  371.7  Allen,  W.  H.  Civics  and  health.  Ginn  $1.25 

612  Hall,  W.  S.  From  youth  into  manhood. 

Ass’n  Press  50c 

649  Harrison,  Eveleen.  Home  nursing.  (Macmillan  stand- 
ard lib.)  Grosset  50c 

628  Hazen,  Allen.  Clean  water  and  how  to  get  it. 

Wiley  $1.50 

649  Holt,  L.  E.  Care  and  feeding  of  children.  5th  ed. 

Appleton  75c 

616  Hutchinson,  Woods.  Preventable  diseases. 

Houghton  $1.50 

614  Knopf,  S.  A.  Tuberculosis  a preventable  and  curable 

disease.  Moffat  $2 

612  Latimer,  Caroline.  Girl  and  woman.  Appleton  $2 

A much  needed  book,  dealing  clearly  and  with  sufficient  fulness 
with  the  facts  of  sex  as  well  as  with  general  hygiene  and  physio- 
logical matters.  Superior  to  most  similar  attempts  in  its  freedom 
from  the  sentimental  and  emotional.  Author  a physician.  Though 
primarily  intended  for  parents  it  may  be  given  safely  to  girls  on 
occasion. 

613  Muller,  J.  P.  My  system.  Stechert  $1 

628  Richards,  Mrs  E.  H.  S.  Sanitation  in  daily  life. 

Whitcomb  60c 

Gerhard’s  Sanitation,  water  supply  and  sewage  disposal  of 
country  houses,  Van  Nostrand  $2  n will  be  very  useful  to  the 
householder  in  the  country  where  modern  city  systems  have  not 
been  installed. 

616  Sadler,  W.  S.  Cause  and  cure  of  colds.  McClurg  $1 

613  Saleeby,  C.  W.  Health,  strength  and  happiness. 

Kennerley  $1.50 

649  Tracy,  S.  E.  Studies  in  invalid  occupation. 

Whitcomb  $1.50 

613  Walker,  E.  E.  Beauty  through  hygiene.  Barnes  $1 

649  Wheeler,  Marianna.  The  baby,  his  care  and  training. 

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Agriculture 

For  a fuller  list  consult  New  York  Libraries , October  1909,  page  31 

Bailey,  L.  H.  Training  of  farmers.  Century  $1 

Cyclopedia  of  American  agriculture.  4v. 

Macmillan  $5  ea. 

A valuable  reference  work;  desirable  but  too  expensive  for 
many  libraries. 

Principles  of  agriculture.  Macmillan  $1.25 

Bricker,  G.  A.  Teaching  of  agriculture  in  the  high 
school.  Macmillan  $1 

Butterfield,  K.  L.  Chapters  in  rural  progress. 

University  of  Chicago  $1 

Card,  F.  W.  Farm  management.  Doubleday  $2 

U.  S.  Country  Life  Commission.  Report. 

Sup’t  of  Documents  10c 
Fletcher,  S.  W.  Soils  : how  to  handle  and  improve  them. 

Doubleday  $2 

Mayo,  N.  S.  Care  of  animals.  Macmillan  $1.25 

N.  Y.  State  College  of  Agriculture,  Cornell  University, 
Ithaca,  N.  Y.  Publications,  which  include  Bulletins, 
Cornell  reading-courses : Lessons  for  the  farmer, 
Lessons  for  the  farm  home.  Free 

Peck,  C.  L.  Profitable  dairying.  Judd  75c 

Roberts,  I.  P.  The  farmstead.  Macmillan  $1.50 

Fertility  of  the  land.  Macmillan  $1.50 


Shaw,  Thomas.  Weeds  and  how  to  eradicate  them. 

Judd  50c 

636  or  619  U.  S.  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry.  Special  report  on 
diseases  of  cattle  and  on  cattle  feeding.  Ed.  2,  1904. 
May  be  obtained  through  your  congressman. 

636  or  619  .Special  report  on  diseases  of  the  horse.  Ed. 


3,  iW- 

May  be  obtained  through  your  congressman. 

U.  S.  Dep’t  of  Agriculture.  Publications. 

The  Yearbook  and  the  Farmers’  Bulletins,  which  are  among  the 
most  useful,  are  sent  free  on  request.  Bulletin  8 of  the  Division 
of  Publications,  published  in  November  1907,  indexes  Farmers’ 
Bulletins  nos.  1-250. 

A list  of  other  publications  of  the  department  will  be  sent  on 
request  and  those  wished  may  usually  be  obtained  through  your 
congressman.  The  department  publishes  a monthly  list  of  new 
publications.  Ask  to  be  placed  on  the  mailing  list  for  this,  and 
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631  Waring,  G.  E.  Draining  for  profit  and  draining  for 

health.  New  ed.  Judd  $1 

636  Watson,  G.  C.  Farm  poultry.  Macmillan  $1.25 

634  Waugh,  F.  A.  American  apple  orchard.  Judd  $1 

637  Wing,  H.  H.  Milk  and  its  products.  Macmillan  $1.50 


635 


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716  or  635  Barnes,  P.  T. 
716  or  635  Bennett,  I.  D. 
635  


635 


Gardening 

Garden  making. 


(Macmillan  standard 
Grosset  50c 

House  plants.  Doubleday  $1.10 

The  flower  garden.  Doubleday  $1.10 

The  vegetable  garden.  Doubleday  $1.10 

716  or  635  Ely,  H.  R.  A woman’s  hardy  garden.  (Macmillan 
standard  lib.)  Grosset  50c 

Fullerton,  E.  L.  How  to  make  a vegetable  garden. 

Doubleday  $2 

Hunn,  C.  E.  & Bailey,  L.  H.  Practical  garden  book. 

Grosset  50c 

Parsons,  Samuel.  How  to  plan  the  home  grounds. 

Doubleday  $1 


635 


712 


Housekeeping  and  cooking 

641  Benton,  C.  F.  (C.  B.  Burrell)  Living  on  a little. 

Estes  $1.25 

640  Curtis,  Mrs  I.  G.  Making  of  a housewife. 

Stokes  $1.35 

728  Dodd,  H.  C.  The  healthful  farmhouse.  Whitcomb  60c 

641  Farmer,  F.  M.  Boston  cooking-school  cook  book. 

Little  $2 

640  Harland,  Marion.  (Mrs  M.  V.  H.  Terhune)  The 

housekeeper’s  week.  Bobbs-Merrill  $1.50 

641  James,  A.  L.  Catering  for  two.  Putnam  $1.25 

641  Mitchell,  M.  J.  Fireless  cook  book.  Doubleday  $1.25 

640  Parloa,  Maria.  Home  economics.  Century  $1.50 

641  Rorer,  Mrs  S.  T.  Home  candy  making.  Jacobs  50c 

640  Seaman,  H.  J.  Expert  cleaner.  Funk  75c 

641  Soyer,  Nicolas.  Soyer’s  paper-bag  cookery. 

Sturgis  60c 

Sewing  and  fancy  work 

746  or  646  Day,  L.  F.  & Buckle,  Mary.  Art  in  needlework.  Ed. 

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646  or  746  Dillmont,  Therese  de.  Encyclopedia  of  needlework. 
(D.  M.  C.  lib.) 

Th.  de  Dillmont,  Mulhouse,  Alsace,  2s  (about  50c) 

A very  full  and  useful  book.  Can  be  obtained  easily  through 
Stechert,  New  York  City. 

646  Laughlin,  C.  E.  ed.  Complete  dressmaker. 

Appleton  $1.25 

Home  decoration 

684  or  694  Brigham,  Louise.  Box  furniture.  Century  $1.60 

749  or  645  Dyer,  W.  A.  Lure  of  the  antique.  Century  $2.40 

645  Kellogg,  A.  M.  Home  furnishing,  practical  and  artistic. 

Stokes  $1.60  n 

749  Wheeler,  Candace.  Principles  of  home  decoration. 

Doubleday  $1.80 

Domestic  architecture  and  building 
693  Atlas  Portland  Cement  Co.,  30  Broad  st.,  New  York. 

Concrete  construction  about  the  home  and  on  the 
farm.  Free 

693  Concrete  cottages.  Free 

693  Concrete  country  residences.  25c 

728  or  690  Delineator,  The.  The  Delineator’s  prize  $3000  houses. 

Dodge  $1 

728  or  690  Desmond,  H.  W.  & Frohne,  H.  W.  Building  a home. 

Baker  & Taylor  $1.80 

728  or  690  Inexpensive  country  homes.  Munn  $2 

728  or  690  Kemp,  Oliver.  Wilderness  homes : a book  of  the  log 
cabin.  Outing  $1.25 

697  King,  F.  H.  Ventilation  for  dwellings,  rural  schools, 

and  stables.  F.  H.  King,  Madison,  Wis.  75c 

693  Phillips,  A.  E.  & Byrne,  A.  T.  Masonry  construction. 

Amer.  School  of  Correspondence  $1 
728  or  690  Saylor,  H.  H.  Bungalows ; their  design,  construction 
and  furnishing;  with  suggestions  for  camp,  summer 
homes  and  cottages  of  similar  character. 

McBride  $1.50 

Carpentry  and  handicraft 

680  Hopkins,  G.  M.  Home  mechanics  for  amateurs. 

Munn  $1.50 

680  How  to  make  and  how  to  mend:  by  an  amateur 

mechanic.  Macmillan  $1.25 

699  Neison,  Adrian.  Practical  boat  building  for  amateurs. 

Ed.  2 rev.  and  enl.  by  Dixon  Kemp.  Scribner  $1 


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Sanford,  F.  G.  Art  crafts  for  beginners. 

Century  $1.20 

Wheeler,  C.  G.  Woodworking  for  beginners.  . 

Putnam  $2.50 

Wheeler,  Mrs  C.  T.  How  to  make  rugs.  Doubleday  $1 
White,  Mary.  How  to  do  beadwork.  Doubleday  90c 
How  to  make  baskets.  Doubleday  $1 

Art 

Black,  Alexander.  Photography  indoors  and  out. 

Houghton  75c 

Caffin,  C.  H.  A guide  to  pictures : for  young  students. 

Baker  $1.25 

How  to  study  pictures.  Century  $1.80 

Cross,  A.  K.  Free  hand  drawing.  Ginn  80c 

Day,  L.  F.  Alphabets  old  and  new.  3d  ed.  rev. 

Scribner  $2 

Froehlich,  H.  B.  & Snow,  B.  E.  Textbooks  of  art 
education,  v.  1-6.  Prang  25C-45C  ea. 

Reinach,  Salomon.  Apollo ; the  story  of  art. 

Scribner  $1.50 

Sturgis,  Russell.  The  appreciation  of  sculpture.  (Pop. 
art  ser.  no.  3)  Baker  & T.  $1.50 

How  to  judge  architecture. 

Baker  & T.  $1.50 

Taylor,  C.  M.  Why  my  photographs  are  bad. 

Jacobs  $1 

Van  Dyke,  J.  C.  How  to  judge  a picture. 

Methodist  Book  Concern  60c 

Music 

For  fuller  list,  consult  Selected  list  of  music  and  books  about  music  com- 
piled by  L.  M.  Hooper,  published  by  A.  L.  A.  Publishing  Board,  78  East 
Washington  st.,  Chicago. 

782  Annesley,  Charles.  Standard  opera  glass ; detailed  plots 

of  one  hundred  and  fifty-five  celebrated  operas,  with 
critical  and  biographical  remarks,  dates,  etc.  by  Charles 
Annesley;  with  prelude  by  James  Huneker.  New  ed. 
rev.  with  additions  and  portraits.  Brentano  $2.50 

For  libraries  that  can  not  afford  Annesley,  Mason’s  Opera 
stories  in  a few  words:  The  stories  ( divided  into  acts ) of  over 
164  operas,  also  portraits  of  leading  singers,  pub.  by  Mason  (Bost. 
188  Bay  st.  road)  pap.  50c  will  be  found  useful  though  it  does  not 
take  the  place  of  the  larger  book. 

780  Henderson,  W.  J.  Story  of  music.  Longmans  $1 


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780  Hofmann,  Josef.  Piano  playing.  Doubleday  75c 

Johnson,  Clifton,  ed.  Songs  every  one  should  know. 

American  Book  Co.  50c 
Krehbiel,  H.  E.  How  to  listen  to  music.  Scribner  $1.25 
Lavignac,  Albert.  Music  and  musicians.  Ed.  4 rev. 

Holt  $1.75 

Mason,  D.  G.  A guide  to  music:  for  young  people  and 
other  beginners.  Baker  & T.  $1.25 

Games  and  amusements 

Spalding’s  guides  and  almanacs,  under  constant  revision,  con- 
tain up-to-date  official  rules  and  records  of  all  popular  sports. 
Their  handbooks  give  detailed  instruction  in  each  of  the  games 
and  on  general  gymnastics. 

Amer.  Sports  Pub.  Co.,  21  Warren  st.,  New  York  10c  ea. 

Camp,  Walter.  Book  of  football.  Century  $2 

Church  sociables  and  entertainments.  Doubleday  50c 
793  Faris,  J.  T.  Pleasant  Sunday  afternoons  for  the  chil- 
dren. Sunday  School  Times  50c 

Foster,  R.  F.  Complete  Hoyle:  an  encyclopedia  of  in- 
door games.  New  ed.  rev.  Stokes  $2.50 

Glover,  E.  H.  Dame  Curtsey’s  book  of  guessing  con- 
tests. McClurg  50c 

Dame  Curtsey’s  book  of  novel  entertain- 
ments. 6th  ed.  McClurg  $1 

Graham,  John  & Clark,  E.  H.  Practical  track  and 
field  athletics.  Duffield  $1 

Kephart,  Horace.  Book  of  camping  and  woodcraft. 

Outing  $1.50 

Lewis,  A.  J.  “ Prof.  Hoffman  ” pseud.  Later  magic. 

Dutton  $2 

Mott,  Mrs  Hamilton,  cd.  Home  games  and  parties. 

Doubleday  50c 

Pearson,  A.  C.  ed.  Twentieth  century  standard  puzzle 
book.  Dutton  $1.50 

Spalding,  A.  G.  America's  national  game ; historic  facts 
concerning  the  beginning,  evolution,  development  and 
popularity  of  baseball.  Amer.  Sports  Pub.  Co.  $2 
Stern,  R.  B.  Neighborhood  entertainments.  Sturgis  75c 

Literature 

Brooke,  S.  A.  English  literature.  (Macmillan  standard 
lib.)  Grosset  50c 


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Craik’s  Manual  of  English  literature  (Everyman’s  lib.)  Dutton 
35c  is  a valuable  manual,  and  Gosse’s  Short  history  of  modern 
English  literature,  Stokes  $2.50  is  much  fuller  than  either  of  these 
but  is  rather  expensive  for  a small  library. 

807  Corson,  Hiram.  Aims  of  literary  study. 

Macmillan  75c 

801  or  028  Counsel  upon  the  reading  of  books,  by  H.  M.  Stephens 
and  others.  Houghton  $1.50 

801  or  028  Schuman,  E.  L.  How  to  judge  a book.  Houghton  $1.25 
820  Tappan,  E.  M.  Short  history  of  England’s  and 

America’s  literature.  Houghton  $1.20 


Essays  and  miscellaneous  prose 


814  or  170  Autobiography  of  an  elderly  woman.  Houghton  $1 
814  Colby,  F.  M.  Imaginary  obligations.  Dodd  $1.20 

814  Crothers,  S.  M.  Gentle  reader.  Houghton  $1.25 

817  Dunne,  F.  P.  Mr  Dooley’s  observations.  Harper  $1.50 

814  Emerson,  R.  W.  Essays. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c;  Houghton  (Cambridge 
classics)  $1 

814  Lowell,  J.  R.  My  study  window.  ' Houghton  $2 

814  Martin,  E.  S.  Windfalls  of  observation.  Scribner  $1.25 

823  Phelps,  W.  L.  Essays  on  modern  novelists. 

Macmillan  $1.50 

824  Ruskin,  John.  Sesame  and  lilies. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c 
Includes  Two  paths  and  King  of  the  Golden  River. 

817  Warner,  C.  D.  My  summer  in  a garden. 

Houghton  $1.50 


821 

811 

883 

811 

821 

821 


Poetry 

Burns,  Robert.  Poems  and  songs. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c 
Field,  Eugene.  Poems.  Complete  ed.  Scribner  $2 
Homer.  The  Odyssey ; translated  by  Butcher  and  Lang. 

Macmillan  80c 

Longfellow,  H.  W.  Complete  poems. 

Houghton  (Cabinet  ed.)  $1 ; (Cambridge  ed.)  $2 
Poems  1823-66.  Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c 
Palgrave,  F.  T.  ed.  Golden  treasury  of  songs  and  lyrics. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c 
Quiller-Couch,  A.  T.  comp.  Oxford  book  of  English 
verse-  Clarendon  Press  $1.50 


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8n  Riley,  J.  W.  Afterwhiles.  Bobbs-Merrill  $1.25 

81 1 Scollard,  Clinton,  ed.  Ballads  of  American  bravery. 

Silver  40c 

821  Scott,  Sir  Walter.  Complete  poetical  works. 

Houghton  (Cambridge  ed.)  $2 

Another  good  edition  is  the  Globe,  Macmillan  $1.75.  It  is  con- 
venient to  have  also  editions  of  The  lady  of  the  lake,  The  lay  of 
the  last  minstrel  and  Marmion  in  the  Students  ser.  ed.  by  W.  J. 
Rolfe,  Houghton  75c. 

81 1 Stedman,  E.  C.  ed.  An  American  anthology. 

Houghton  $3 

821  ed.  A Victorian  anthology.  Houghton  $2.50 

821  Tennyson,  Alfred.  Poems. 

Houghton  (Cabinet  ed.)  $1;  (Cambridge  ed.)  $2; 
Macmillan  (New  globe  poets)  $1.75;  Grosset  50c 
81 1 Whittier,  J.  G.  Poems. 

Houghton  (Cabinet  ed.)  $1;  (Cambridge  ed.)  $2 


Plays 

For  a fuller  list  of  plays  see  the  A.  L.  A.  Catalog  Supplement,  1904-11, 
under  American  drama,  pages  145-46;  English  drama,  pages  149-51;  German 
drama,  page  154;  French  drama,  page  155. 

812  Howells,  W.  D.  The  sleeping  car  and  other  farces. 

Houghton  $1 

822  Kennedy,  C.  R.  The  servant  in  the  house. 

Harper  $1.25 

842  Maeterlinck,  Maurice.  The  blue  bird : a fairy  play  in 

six  acts.  New  ed.  Dodd  $1.25 

812  Peabody,  J.  P.  The  piper.  Houghton  $1.10 

822  Shakspere,  William.  Works.  Victoria  ed.  3V. 

Macmillan  $i.ea 

There  are  many  editions.  This  is  a good  one  for  the  price, 
but  has  no  notes.  There  are  two  columns  to  a page. 


Travel  and  description 

For  longer  lists  consult  New  York  Libranes,  October  1909,  page  16; 
A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pages  267-99;  Supplement,  1904-11,  pages  181-206. 

General  works,  i.  e.  more  than  one  country 
910  Bullen,  F.  T.  Cruise  of  the  Cachalot. 

Appleton  $1.50;  pap.  25c 

817  or  910  Clemens,  S.  L.  (Mark  Twain).  Innocents  abroad. 

Harper  $2 

910  Franck,  H.  A.  Vagabond  journey  around  the  world. 

Century  $3.50 


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914  Frazar,  M.  D.  Practical  European  guide.  Small  $1 

910  Jacobs,  Joseph.  Story  of  geographical  discovery. 

Appleton  35c 

910  King,  S.  H.  Dog  watches  at  sea.  Houghton  $1.50 

910  O’Connor,  W.  D.  Heroes  of  the  storm. 

Houghton  $1.50 

910  Slocum,  Joshua.  Sailing  alone  around  the  world. 

Century  $1.20;  School  ed.  50c 

914  Stephen,  Leslie.  Playground  of  Europe  (the  Alps). 

Putnam  $1.75 

910  Stockton,  F.  R.  Buccaneers  and  pirates  of  our  coasts. 

Macmillan  $1.50 

910  Williams,  Archibald.  Romance  of  modern  exploration. 

Lippincott  $1.50 

Africa 

916.7  Du  Chaillu,  P.  B.  In  African  forest  and  jungle. 

Scribner  $1.50 

916.4  Finnemore,  John.  Morocco.  (Peeps  at  many  lands) 

Macmillan  55c 

916  Goodrich,  J.  G.  Africa  of  today.  McClurg  $1 .50 

916.7  Kingsley,  M.  H.  Travels  in  West  Africa. 

Macmillan  $2 

916  Milligan,  R.  H.  Jungle  folk  of  Africa.  Revell  $1.50 

Alaska 

917.98  De  Windt,  Harry.  Through  the  gold  fields  of  Alaska. 

Harper  $2.50 

917.98  Greely,  A.  W.  Handbook  of  Alaska.  Scribner  $2 

917.98  Higginson,  Mrs  E.  R.  Alaska  the  great  country. 

Macmillan  $2.25 

Arctic  regions 

919.9  Borup,  George.  Tenderfoot  with  Peary.  Stokes  $2.10 

919.9  Nansen,  Fridtjof.  Farthest  north.  Popular  ed. 

Harper  $4 

Can  be  purchased  secondhand  for  much  less. 

919.9  Peary,  R.  E.  The  North  pole.  Stokes  $4.80 

Can  be  bought  at  secondhand  for  less. 

Australia 

919.4  Whitmarsh,  H.  P.  The  world’s  rough  hand:  adventures 

in  Australia.  Century  $1.25 


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914-95 

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914.92 

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China 

Chitty,  J.  R.  Things  seen  in  China.  Dutton  75c 

Rose,  E.  A.  The  changing  Chinese.  Century  $2.40 

China  under  the  Empress  dowager  by  J.  O.  P.  Bland  & E. 
Backhouse  (Lippincott  $4)  gives  interesting,  illuminating  informa- 
tion on  the  Empress’s  personality.  The  Boxer  rebellion  and 
palace  intrigues  are  presented  with  excellent  spirit  and  balance. 

Smith,  A.  H.  Chinese  characteristics.  Revell  $2 

Uplift  of  China. 

Missionary  Education  Movement  50c 

England 

Collier,  Price.  England  and  the  English.  Scribner  75c 
Edwardes,  Tickner.  Lift  luck  on  southern  roads. 

Macmillan  $1.50 

Finnemore,  John.  England.  (Peeps  at  many  lands) 

Macmillan  55c 

Lucas,  E.  V.  Wanderer  in  London.  Macmillan  $1.75 

France 

Stevenson,  R.  L.  Travels  with  a donkey.  Scribner  $1 
Wendell,  Barrett.  France  of  to-day.  Scribner  $1.50 


Germany 

Dawson,  W.  H.  German  life  in  town  and  country. 

(Our  European  neighbours)  Putnam  $1.20 

Sidgwick,  Mrs  Alfred.  Home  life  in  Germany. 

Macmillan  $1 .75 


Greece 


Barrows,  S.  J.  Isles  and  shrines  of  Greece.  Little  $2 
Horton,  George.  Modern  Athens.  Scribner  $1.25 


Holland 

Amicis,  Edmondo  de.  Holland  and  its  people. 

Putnam  $2 

Hough,  P.  M.  Dutch  life  in  town  and  country.  (Our 
European  neighbours)  Putnam  $1.20 

Jungman,  Mrs  Beatrix.  Holland.  (Peeps  at  many 
lands)  Macmillan  55c 

Meldrum,  D.  S.  Home  life  in  Holland.  (Home  life  in 
many  lands)  Macmillan  $1.75 


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915.6 

915.6 

915.6 

918.6 


9155 

973 • 88 
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919. 1 


India 

Clark,  Mrs  M.  M.  A corner  in  India. 

American  Baptist  Pub.  Society  $1 
Compton,  Herbert.  Indian  life  in  town  and  country. 

(Our  Asiatic  neighbours)  Putnam  $1.20 

Hornaday,  W.  T.  Two  years  in  the  jungle. 

Scribner  $2.50 

Pennell,  T.  L.  Things  seen  in  Northern  India. 

Dutton  75c 


Italy 

Howells,  W.  D.  Italian  journeys  (1861-65). 

Houghton  $1.50 

Smith,  F.  H.  Gondola  days.  Houghton  $1.50 

Villari,  Luigi.  Italian  life  in  town  and  country.  (Our 
European  neighbours)  Putnam  $1.20 

Wharton,  A.  H.  Italian  days  and  ways. 

Lippincott  $1.50 


Japan 

Bacon,  A.  M.  Japanese  girls  and  women.  New  ed. 

Houghton  (Riverside  lib.)  75c 
Brownell,  C.  L.  Heart  of  Japan.  Doubleday  $1.50 
Clement,  E.  W.  Handbook  of  modern  Japan. 

McClurg  $1.40 

Scidmore,  E.  R.  Jinrikisha  days  in  Japan. 

Harper  $2,  pap.  75c 

Palestine 

Finnemore,  John.  The  Holy  Land.  (Peeps  at  many 
lands)  Macmillan  55c 

Huntington,  Ellsworth.  Palestine  and  its  transforma- 
tion. Houghton  $2 

Van  Dyke,  Henry.  Out  of  doors  in  the  Holy  Land. 

Scribner  $1.50 


Panama 

Edwards,  Albert.  Panama;  the  canal,  the  country  and 
the  people.  Macmillan  $2.50 

Persia 

Wilson,  S.  G.  Persian  life  and  customs.  Revell  $1.25 


Philippines 

Sonnichsen,  Albert.  Ten  months  a captive  among 
Filipinos.  Scribner  $2 

Worcester,  D.  C.  The  Philippine  Islands  and  their 
people,  Macmillan  $2 


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Russia 

9H-7 

Hapgood,  Isabel.  Russian  rambles. 

Houghton  $1.50 

914.7 

Palmer,  F.  H.  E.  Russian  life  in  town  and  country. 

(Our  European  neighbors) 

Putnam  $1.20 

914.7 

Wallace,  Sir  D.  M.  Russia.  New  ed. 

Holt  $5 

South  America 

918 

Ruhl,  A.  B.  The  other  Americans. 

Scribner  $2 

Spain 

914.6 

Borrow,  G.  H.  The  Bible  in  Spain. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c 

Thrilling  narrative  of  travel  in  Spain  as  it  was  in  1835.  Bates’s 
Spanish  highways  and  byways  (Macmillan  $2)  should  be  read 
by  any  one  who  wishes  to  know  Spanish  women  and  children. 
Marriott’s  Spanish  holiday  (Lane  $2.50)  gives  an  account  of  the 
trip  of  two  young  Englishmen  through  the  Basque  provinces 
and  parts  of  Castile.  Havelock  Ellis’s  Soul  of  Spain  (Houghton 
$2)  includes  thoughtful  essays  on  interpretation  of  life,  thought 
and  temperament  of  modern  Spain. 

Turkey 

914.96  Barton,  J.  L.  Daybreak  in  Turkey. 

Pilgrim  Press  $1.50 

914.96  Brown,  Mrs  D.  V.  Haremlik.  Houghton  $1 . 25 

914.96  Dwight,  H.  O.  Constantinople  and  its  problems. 

Revell  $1.25 

914.96  Garnett,  L.  M.  J.  Turkish  life  in  town  and  country. 

(Our  European  neighbours)  Putnam  $1.20 

United  States 

See  also  United  States:  western  part,  following. 

917.3  Brigham,  A.  P.  Geographic  influences  in  American 
history.  Ginn  $1.50 

917.3  Brooks,  J.  G.  As  others  see  us.  Macmillan  $1.75 

917.3  Butler,  N.  M.  The  American  as  he  is.  Macmillan  $1 

338  or  917.3  Cronan,  Rudolf.  Our  wasteful  nation.  Kennerley  $1 
355  or  9X7 • 47  Hancock,  H.  I.  Life  at  West  Point.  Putnam  $1.40 
917.5  Johnson,  Clifton.  Highways  and  byways  of  the  South. 

Macmillan  $2 

917.3  Muirhead,  J.  F.  America,  the  land  of  contrasts:  A 
Briton’s  view  of  his  American  kin.  Lane  $1.25 

917.3  Ross,  E.  A.  Changing  America.  Century  $1.20 

917.3  Wells,  H.  G.  The  future  in  America.  Harper  $2 


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United  States:  western  part.  Travel  and  description 

917 . 8  Grey,  Zane.  The  last  of  the  plainsmen.  McClurg  $1.50 

917.8  Hough,  Emerson.  Story  of  the  cowboy. 

Appleton  $1.50 

917.8  Irving,  Washington.  The  fur  traders;  (from)  his 
Astoria  and  Captain  Bonneville. 

Putnam  (Knickerbocker  lit.  ser.)  90c 

920  or  917.8  Laut,  A.  C.  Pathfinders  of  the  West.  (Macmillan 

standard  lib.)  Grosset  50c 

917.8  or  639  Story  of  the  trapper.  Appleton  $1.25 

921  or  9 1 7. 8 Light  on,  W.  R.  Lewis  and  Clark.  Houghton  65c 
917.89  Lummis,  C.  F.  Some  strange  corners  of  our  country. 

Century  $1.50 

917.8  Muir,  John.  Our  national  parks.  Houghton  $1.75 

917.8  Parkman,  Francis.  Oregon  trail. 

Little  $1,  Remington  ed.  $2 
917.94  Peixotto,  E.  C.  Romantic  California.  Scribner  $2.50 
824  or  917.8  Stevenson,  R.  L.  Across  the  plains.  Scribner  $1 

917.8  or  921  Talbot,  Ethelbert.  My  people  of  the  plains. 

Harper  $1.75 

C.  T.  Brady’s  Recollections  of  a missionary  in  the  great  West 
(Scribner  $1.25)  is  another  interesting  account  of  pioneer  mis- 
sionary work  in  the  West. 

917.8  or  656  Warman,  Cy.  Story  of  the  railroad.  (Story  of  the 
West  ser.)  Appleton  $1.50 

796  or  917.94  White,  S.  E.  The  mountains.  Doubleday  $1.50 

West  Indies 

917.29  Fowles,  G.  M.  Down  in  Porto  Rico.  Eaton  75c 

917.29  Hayward,  W.  B.  Bermuda,  past  and  present. 

Dodd  $1.25 

917.29  Wright,  I.  A.  Cuba.  Macmillan  $2.50 

Biography,  collective 

920  Bouve,  P.  C.  R.  American  heroes  and  heroines. 

Lothrop  $1.25 

920  Frothingham,  J.  P.  Sea  fighters  from  Drake  to 

Farragut.  Scribner  $1.20 

920  Griswold,  Mrs  H.  T.  Home  life  of  the  great  authors. 

McClurg  $1 

920  James,  G.  W.  Heroes  of  California.  Little  $2 

920  McCarthy,  Justin.  British  political  portraits. 

Macmillan  $1.50 


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920  Plutarch.  Lives.  Outlook  $1.50 ; 3V. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c  n ea. 
920  Seawell,  M.  E.  Twelve  naval  captains.  Scribner  $1.25 

920  Vedder,  H.  C.  American  writers  of  to-day. 

Silver  $1.50 

920  Wise,  J.  S.  Recollections  of  13  presidents. 

Doubleday  $2.50 


Biography,  individual 

This  is  arranged  alphabetically  by  the  name  of  the  person 
written  about. 

921  Addams.  Addams,  Jane.  Twenty  years  at  Hull  House. 

Macmillan  $2.50 

921  Alcott.  Moses,  Belle.  Louisa  May  Alcott,  dreamer 

and  worker.  Appleton  $1.25 

921  Alexander.  Wheeler,  B.  I.  Alexander  the  Great. 

(Heroes  of  the  nations)  Putnam  $1.50 

921  or  917.3  Antin.  Antin,  Mary.  The  promised  land. 

Houghton  $1.75 

921  Baldwin.  Brooks,  J.  G.  American  citizen:  life  of 

William  Henry  Baldwin,  jr.  Houghton  $1.50 

921  Bronte.  Gaskell,  Mrs  E.  C.  Life  of  Charlotte  Bronte. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c  n;  Harper  $1.75 
921  Bruce.  Maxwell,  H.  E.  Robert  the  Bruce.  (Heroes 

of  the  nations)  Putnam  $1.50 

921  Caesar.  Fowler,  W.  W.  Julius  Caesar.  (Heroes  of 

the  nations)  Putnam  $1.50 

921  Cipriani.  Cipriani,  L.  C.  A Tuscan  childhood. 

Century  $1.25 

921  Cleveland.  Williams,  J.  L.  Mr  Cleveland:  a personal 

impression.  Dodd  50c 

921  Custer.  Custer,  Mrs  E.  B.  Boots  and  saddles. 

Harper  $1.50 

921  Custer.  Custer,  Mrs  E.  B.  Following  the  guidon. 

Harper  $1.50 

921  Edison.  Jones,  F.  A.  Thomas  Alva  Edison. 

Crowell  $2 

921  Elizabeth.  Strickland,  Agnes.  Life  of  Queen  Elizabeth. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c  n 

921  Emerson.  Woodberry,  G.  E.  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson. 

Macmillan  50c 


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Evans.  Evans,  R.  D.  A sailor’s  log.  Appleton  $2 
Francis  of  Assisi , Saint.  Jewett,  Sophie.  God’s  trouba- 
dour. Crowell  $1.25 

Franklin.  Franklin,  Benjamin.  Autobiography. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c  n;  Ginn  40c 
Frederick.  Reddaway,  W.  F.  Frederick  the  Great. 

(Heroes  of  the  nations)  Putnam  $1.50 

Geronimo.  Geronimo’s  story  of  his  life.  Duffield  $1.50 
Gosse.  Gosse,  Edmund.  Father  and  son. 

Scribner  $1.50 

Grant.  Grant,  U.  S.  Personal  memoirs.  2v. 

Century  $5 

Can  be  bought  secondhand  for  much  less. 

Wister,  Owen.  Ulysses  S.  Grant.  (Beacon 

biographies)  Small  50c 

Grenfell.  Duncan,  Norman.  Dr  Grenfell’s  parish 
(Labrador).  Revell  $1 

Holmes.  Crothers,  S.  M.  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes. 

(American  men  of  letters)  Houghton  75c 

Keller.  Keller,  Helen.  Story  of  my  life. 

Grosset  50c;  Doubleday  $1.50 
Lee.  Trent,  W.  P.  Robert  E.  Lee.  (Beacon  biog- 
raphies) Small  50c 

Lincoln.  Lincoln,  Abraham.  Speeches  and  letters. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c  n 

Nicolay,  J.  G.  Short  life  of  Abraham 

Lincoln,  condensed  from  Nicolay  & Hay’s  Abraham 
Lincoln.  Century  $2.40 

J T.  Morse’s  Abraham  Lincoln  (Amer.  statesmen  ser.) 
Houghton  $2.50  is  another  good  brief  biography  of  Lincoln. 
Alonzo  Rothschild’s  Lincoln , master  of  men  (Houghton  $3)  is  an 
extremely  readable  account  of  his  relations  with  Douglas,  Chase, 
Sumner,  Seward,  Fremont  and  McClellan,  with  whom  his  posi- 
tion brought  him  into  close  relations  and  frequent  conflict. 

Schurz,  Carl.  Abraham  Lincoln. 

Houghton  $1 

Whitlock,  Brand.  Abraham  Lincoln. 

(Beacon  biographies)  Small  50c 

Livingstone.  Hughes,  Thomas.  David  Livingstone. 

Macmillan  75c 

Lyon.  Gilchrist,  B.  B.  Life  of  Mary  Lyon. 

Houghton  $1.50 


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921  Marie  Antoinette.  Imbert  de  Saint- Amand,  A.  L. 

baron.  Marie  Antoinette  and  the  end  of  the  old 
regime.  Scribner  $1.25 

921  Nansen.  Bull,  J.  B.  Fridtjof  Nansen.  Heath  35c 

921  Napoleon.  Johnston,  R.  N.  Napoleon.  Holt  $1.25 

921  Palmer.  Palmer,  G.  H.  Life  of  Alice  Freeman  Palmer. 

Houghton  $1.50 

921  Perry.  Barnes,  James.  The  hero  of  Erie.  Appleton  $1 

921  Richards,  Mrs  C.  C.  Village  life  in  America,  1852-72; 

as  told  in  the  diary  of  a school  girl.  Holt  $1.30 

921  Riis.  Riis,  J.  A.  The  making  of  an  American. 

Grosset  50c;  Macmillan  $1.50 
921  Scott.  Lockhart,  J.  G.  Sir  Walter  Scott. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c 
921  Washington , B.  T.  Washington,  B.  T.  Up  from 

slavery.  Doubleday  $1.50 

921  Washington,  George.  Ford,  P.  L.  The  true  George 

Washington.  Lippincott  $2 

921 Scudder,  H.  E.  George  Washington. 

Houghton  (Riverside  library  for  young  people)  75c 

921  Wister,  Owen.  Seven  ages  of  Washington: 

a biography.  Macmillan  (Macmillan  standard  lib.) 

$2  n ; Grosset  50c 


Indians 


970.1  Catlin,  George.  Boy’s  Catlin:  my  life  among  the  In- 
dians; ed.  by  M.  G.  Humphreys.  Scribner  $1.50 

970.1  Leupp,  F.  E.  The  Indian  and  his  problems. 

Scribner  $2 

970.1  U.  S.  Bureau  of  American  Ethnology.  Bulletin  30: 

Handbook  of  American  Indians  by  F.  W.  Hodge.  2v. 
Superintendent  of  Documents,  Washington,  D.  C. 

cloth,  $3 

History  (except  American) 


The  list  on  history  is  very  brief,  and  those  wishing  additional  titles  should 
consult  the  A.  L.  A.  Catalog  (part  1,  pages  265-72  and  pages  335-66)  and 
the  Supplement,  1904-11  (pages  181-84  and  pages  226-44).  There  is  usually 
little  demand  for  history  for  general  reading  in  proportion  to  the  demands 
for  other  books.  In  time,  a library  should  own  the  best  standard  histories ; 
but  these  may  be  added  by  degrees,  and  the  titles  are  available  in  other  lists, 
such  as  the  A.  L.  A.  Catalog. 

942  Cheyney,  E.  P.  Readings  in  English  history. 

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91 1 Dow,  E.  W.  Atlas  of  European  history.  Holt  $1.50 

944  Duruy,  Victor.  History  of  France;  abr.  and  tr.  from 

the  17th  French  ed.  by  Mrs  M.  Carey.  2v. 

Crowell  $2.50 

942  Green,  J.  R.  Short  history  of  the  English  people. 

American  Book  Co.  $1.20 
942  McCarthy,  Justin.  Story  of  the  people  of  England  in 

the  19th  century.  2v.  (Stories  of  the  nation) 

Putnam  $3 

909  Myers,  P.  V.  N.  General  history.  Ginn  $1.50 

940  Robinson,  J.  H.  Introduction  to  the  history  of  western 

Europe.  Ginn  $1.60 

913.38  Tucker,  T.  G.  Life  in  ancient  Athens. 

Macmillan  $1.25 

American  history 

387  Abbot,  W.  J.  American  merchant  ships  and  sailors. 

Dodd  $2 

973.7  Avary,  Mrs  M.  L.  Virginia  girl  in  the  Civil  War. 

Appleton  $1.25 

973  Brady,  C.  T.  Border  fights  and  fighters. 

Doubleday  $1.35 

977  Channing,  Edward.  Story  of  the  Great  Lakes. 

Macmillan  $1.50 

917.3  Earle,  Mrs  A.  M.  Home  life  in  colonial  days. 

Grosset  50c ; Macmillan  $2.50 

973  Eggleston,  Edward.  History  of  the  United  States. 

Appleton  $2.50 

973  Elson,  H.  W.  History  of  the  United  States.  1904. 

Macmillan  $1.75 

973.1  Fiske,  John.  Discovery  of  America.  2v. 

Houghton  $4 

For  other  historical  works  of  Fiske,  see  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  2, 
p.  161. 

353  or  973  Forsyth,  G.  A.  Story  of  the  soldier.  (Story  of  the 
West  ser.)  Appleton  $1.50 

974.7  Gebhard,  E.  L.  The  parsonage  between  two  manors: 

annals  of  Clover-Reach.  (Claverack) 

Author,  Hudson,  N.  Y.  $1.50 

973.7  Gordon,  Gen.  J.  B.  Reminiscences  of  the  Civil  War., 

Scribner  $1.50 


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929  or  973  N.  Y.  State  Education  Dep’t.  The  American  flag. 

Free  to  libraries  in  New  York  State.  Apply  to  State  Library, 
Albany. 

973.1  Parkman,  Francis.  Pioneers  of  France  in  the  New 
World.  Little  $2 

For  other  historical  works  of  Parkman,  see  A.  L.  A.  catalog , 
pt  2,  p.  331-32. 

974.7  Roberts,  E.  H.  New  York;  the  planting  and  growth  of 
the  Empire  State.  2v.  (Amer.  commonwealths) 

Houghton  $2.50 

973  Spears,  J.  R.  History  of  the  United  States  navy. 

Scribner  $1.50 

Fiction  for  adults 

Adams,  Andy.  Log  of  a cowboy.  Houghton  $1.50 
Allen,  J.  L.  Kentucky  cardinal.  Macmillan  $1 

Andrews,  Mrs  M.  R.  S.  The  perfect  tribute. 

Scribner  50c 

Arnim,  M.  A.  B.  von.  Elizabeth  and  her  German 
garden.  Grosset  50c 

Atkinson,  Eleanor.  Grey  friar’s  Bobby.  Harper  $1.20 
Austen,  Jane.  Emma.  Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c 

Pride  and  prejudice. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c 

For  other  books  by  Miss  Austen,  see  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1, 
p.  223. 

Austin,  J.  G.  Standish  of  Standish.  Houghton  $1.25 
Balzac,  Honore  de.  Eugenie  Grandet. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c  n;  Crowell  60c 
Barr,  Mrs  A.  E.  Bow  of  orange  ribbon. 

Grosset  50c;  Dodd  $1.25 

Barrie,  J.  M.  Little  minister. 

Grosset  50c;  Maude  Adams  ed.  55c 
Bennett,  Arnold.  Buried  alive.  Brentano  $1.20 

See  also  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  Supplement,  1904-11,  p.  160. 

Black,  William.  Princess  of  Thule. 

Burt  $1 ; Harper  $1.25 
See  also  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  224. 

Blackmore,  R.  D.  T >orna  Doone. 

Dutton  (Everyman's  lib.)  35c; 
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Brown,  Alice.  Meadow-grass:  tales  of  New  England 
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Brush,  C.  C.  Colonel’s  opera  cloak.  Little  $1 

Bryant,  Marguerite.  Christopher  Hibbault,  road- 
maker.  Duffield  $1.50 

Burnett,  Mrs  F.  H.  That  lass  o’  Lowrie’s. 

Scribner  $1.25 

Burnham,  Mrs  C.  L.  Dr  Latimer.  Grosset  50c 

Cable,  G.  W.  Dr  Sevier.  Scribner  $1.50 

See  also  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  188. 

Castle,  Mrs  A.  S.  & Egerton.  Pride  of  Jennico. 

Grosset  50c 

Catherwood,  M.  H.  Romance  of  Dollard. 

Century  $1.25 

Chittenden,  L.  E.  Lincoln  and  the  sleeping  sentinel. 

Harper  50c 

Churchill,  Winston.  Coniston.  Grosset  50c 

The  crisis.  Grosset  50c 

Coburn,  Mrs  E.  H.  A.  Molly-make-believe. 

Century  $1 

Connor,  Ralph.  Black  Rock.  Grosset  50c 

Sky  pilot.  Revell  $1.25 

Crawford,  F.  M.  Roman  singer.  Macmillan  $1.50 

See  also  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  191,  and  Supplement,  1904- 
11,  p.  162. 

The  following  may  be  obtained  in  Grosset’s  edition  for  50c  each  : 
Saracinesca,  Sanf  Ilario,  Don  Orsino,  Fair  Margaret,  The  prima- 
donna,  Heart  of  Rome,  In  the  palace  of  the  king,  Mr  Isaacs,  Via 
crucis. 

Crockett,  S.  R.  Lilac  sunbonnet.  Appleton  $1.50 

Stickit  minister.  Macmillan  $1.50 

Cummins,  M.  S.  The  lamplighter.  Grosset  25c 

Cutting,  Mrs  M.  S.  Little  stories  of  married  life. 

Doubleday  $1.20 

Daskam,  J.  D.  Madness  of  Philip.  Doubleday  $1.35 

Smith  College  stories.  Scribner  $1.50 

Davis,  R.  H.  Soldiers  of  fortune. 

Grosset  50c;  Scribner  $1.50 
Davis,  W.  S.  Friend  of  Caesar.  Grosset  50c 

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Deland,  Mrs  Margaret.  Awakening  of  Helena  Ritchie. 

Burt  50c;  Harper  $1.50 
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Square.  Dutton  $1.50,  library  binding  10c  extra 

Peter’s  mother.  Dutton  $1.50 

De  Morgan,  W.  F.  Joseph  Vance.  Holt  $1.75 

Dickens,  Charles.  Christmas  stories. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c  n;  Macmillan  $1 

David  Copperfield. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c  n;  Macmillan  $1 

Old  curiosity  shop. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c;  Macmillan  $1 
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Doyle,  Sir  A.  C.  Tales  of  Sherlock  Holmes. 

Grosset  50c,  illus.  ed.  55c  n 

See  also  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  228,  and  Supplement,  1904-11, 
p.  163.  The  refugees,  Micah  Clarke  and  The  white  company  are 
popular  historical  novels. 

Dumas,  Alexandre.  The  black  tulip. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c  n 

Three  musketeers.  Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.) 

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60c;  also  published  by  Grosset  under  the  title  Three 
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Twenty  years  after.  Dutton  (Everyman’s 

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For  other  novels  by  Dumas,  see  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  252. 
Duncan,  Norman.  Doctor  Luke  of  the  Labrador. 

Grosset  50c 

Ebers,  Georg.  Uarda.  Burt  $1 

Eggleston,  Edward.  Hoosier  schoolmaster. 

Grosset  50c 

Eliot,  George.  Mill  on  the  Floss.  Dutton  (Everyman’s 
lib.)  35c  n;  (Handy  lib.  ed.)  Little  $1 

Scenes  of  clerical  life,  and  Silas  Marner. 

(Handy  lib.  ed.)  Little  $1 

Published  in  separate  volumes  in  Everyman’s  lib.  Dutton,  35c 
n ea.  See  also  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  229.  In  time  the  library 
should  have  nearly  all  of  George  Eliot’s  works.  There  are  several 
good  editions. 

Farnol,  Jeffery.  The  broad  highway. 


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Foote,  Mrs  M.  H.  Led-horse  claim.  Houghton  $1.25 
Ford,  P.  L.  Honorable  Peter  Stirling. 

Grosset  50c;  Holt  $1.50 
Fothergill,  Jessie.  The  first  violin.  Grosset  50c 

Fox,  John.  Little  shepherd  of  Kingdom  Come. 

Scribner  $1.50 


Trail  of  the  lonesome  pine. 

Scribner  $1.50,  library  binding  10c  extra 
Frederic,  Harold.  In  the  valley.  Scribner  $1.50 

Fuller,  Anna.  Pratt  portraits.  Putnam  $1.25 

Gale,  Zona.  Friendship  Village. 

Grosset  50c;  Macmillan  $1.50 
Galsworthy,  John.  The  patrician.  Scribner  $1.35 
Garland,  Hamlin.  Captain  of  the  Gray-horse  troop. 

Grosset  50c 


Gaskell,  Mrs  E.  C.  Cranford. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c;  Macmillan  $1.50 
Glasgow,  Ellen.  The  battle-ground.  Doubleday  $1.50 

Romance  of  a plain  man.  Doubleday  $1.35 

Glass,  Montague.  Potash  and  Perlmutter. 

Grosset  50c;  Doubleday  $1.20 

Green,  A.  K.  Leavenworth  case.  Putnam  $1.50 

Hale,  E.  E.  Man  without  a country,  and  other  stories. 

Little  $1.25 

Hall,  E.  C.  Aunt  Jane  of  Kentucky.  Little  $1.50 

Hardy,  A.  S.  Passe  Rose.  Houghton  $1.50 

Hardy,  Thomas.  Far  from  the  madding  crowd. 

Burt  60c  n;  Harper  $1.25 
Harker,  L.  A.  Miss  Esperance  and  Mr  Wycherly. 

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Harland,  Henry.  My  friend  Prospero.  Grosset  50c 

The  Cardinal’s  snuff  box.  Grosset  50c 

Harrison,  H.  S.  Queed.  Houghton  $1.35 

Harte,  Bret.  Luck  of  Roaring  Camp,  and  other  stories. 

Grosset  50c;  Houghton  $1.50 
Hawthorne,  Nathaniel.  Scarlet  letter. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c;  Houghton  $1 
Henry,  O.  (Sydney  Porter)  Heart  of  the  West. 

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Hope,  Anthony  (Anthony  Hope  Hawkins).  Prisoner 
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Howard,  B.  W.  One  summer.  Houghton  $1.25 

Howells,  W.  D.  A chance  acquaintance. 

Grosset  50c;  Houghton  $1.50 
See  also  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  197,  and  Supplement,  1904-11, 

p.  167. 

Hugo,  Victor. 

See  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  253. 

Jackson,  Mrs  H.  H.  Ramona.  Little  $1.50 

Jacobs,  W.  W.  Many  cargoes.  Grosset  50c 

James,  Henry.  Portrait  of  a lady.  Houghton  $2 

Janvier,  T.  A.  Passing  of  Thomas,  and  other  stories. 

Harper  $1.25 

Jewett,  S.  O.  Country  of  the  pointed  firs. 

Houghton  $1.25 

Johnson,  Owen.  Stover  at  Yale.  Stokes  $1.35 

Johnston,  Mary.  To  have  and  to  hold. 

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Kelly,  Myra.  Little  citizens. 

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Kingsley,  Charles.  Westward  ho! 

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Kipling,  Rudyard.  The  day’s  work. 

Grosset  50c;  Doubleday  $1.35 
Kim.  Doubleday  $1.35 

See  also  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  232,  and  Supplement,  1904- 
11,  p.  168,  and  the  children’s  fiction  in  this  list,  p.  53. 

Lane,  E.  M.  Nancy  Stair.  Appleton  $1.50 

Lee,  Jennette.  Uncle  William.  Century  $1 

Lincoln,  J.  C.  Partners  of  the  tide.  Barnes  $1.50 

Little,  Frances,  pseud.  Lady  of  the  decoration. 

Century  $1 

Living  without  a boss.  Harper  $1 

Locke,  W.  J.  Beloved  vagabond.  Burt  50c;  Lane  $1.50 
London,  Jack.  Call  of  the  wild. 

Grosset  50c;  Macmillan  $1.50 
Loti,  Pierre,  pseud.  Iceland  fisherman. 

Crowell  35c;  McClurg  $1 
Lyall,  Edna,  pseud.  Donovan. ' Burt  $1 

Lytton,  E.  Bulwer-Lytton,  baron.  Last  days  of 
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Macdonald,  George.  David  Elginbrod.  McKay  $1.25 
See  also  A.  L.  A.  Catalog , pt  1,  p.  234. 

Maclaren,  Ian.  (John  Watson).  Beside  the  bonnie  brier 
bush.  Dodd  $1.50 

Marlitt,  E.  Gold  Elsie;  tr.  by  Mrs  Wister. 

Lippincott  75c 

Old  mam’selle’s  secret ; tr.  by  Mrs  Wister. 

Lippincott  75c 

Martin,  Mrs  G.  M.  Emmy  Lou. 

Grosset  50c;  Doubleday  $1.35 
Mason,  A.  E.  W.  Four  feathers. 

Grosset  50c;  Macmillan  $1.50 
Meredith,  George.  The  egoist. 

Scribner  (Pocket  ed.)  $1 ; (Boxhill  ed.)  $1.50 
See  also  A.  L.  A.  Catalog , pt  1,  p.  235. 

Merriman,  H.  S.  The  sowers.  Harper  $1.50 

Miller,  Mrs  A.  D.  Less  than  kin.  Holt  $1.25 

Mitchell,  S.  W.  Adventures  of  Frangois. 

Grosset  50c;  Century  $1.50 

Hugh  Wynne.  Century  $1.50 

Montgomery,  L.  M.  Anne  of  Green  Gables. 

Page  $1.50 

Anne  of  Avonlea.  (Sequel)  Page  $1.50 

Muir,  John.  Stickeen.  Houghton  60c 

Mulock,  D.  M.  (Mrs  D.  M.  M.  Craik).  John  Halifax, 
gentleman.  Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c  n;  Burt  $1 ; 
Harper  $1 

See  also  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  226,  under  Craik. 

Norris,  Kathleen.  Mother.  Macmillan  $1 

O’Higgins,  H.  J.  Smoke-eaters ; story  of  a fire  crew. 

Century  $1.50 

Ollivant,  Alfred.  Bob,  son  of  Battle. 

Doubleday  $1.35 

Page,  T.  N.  In  ole  Virginia,  and  other  stories. 

Scribner  $1.25 

Red  Rock.  • Scribner  $1.50 

Parker,  Gilbert.  Battle  of  the  strong. 

Grosset  50c;  Houghton  $1.50 

Right  of  way.  Grosset  50c;  Houghton  $1.50 

See  also  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  201,  and  Supplement,  1904-11, 
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Phelps,  E.  S.  A singular  life. 

Grosset  50c;  Houghton  $1.25 
Poe,  E.  A.  Prose  tales.  Century  classics,  Century  $1.25 
Porter,  G.  S.  Freckles.  Grosset  50c 

Girl  of  the  Limberlost.  Doubleday  $1.20 

Pratt,  Lucy.  Ezekiel.  Doubleday  $1 

Quiller-Couch,  A.  T.  Major  Vigoureux. 

Scribner  $1.50 

See  also  A.  L.  A.  Catalog , pt  1,  p.  226,  and  Supplement , 1904-11, 
P-  173. 

Splendid  spur.  Scribner  $1.25 

Reade,  Charles.  The  cloister  and  the  hearth. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c 
Reed,  Myrtle.  Lavender  and  old  lace.  Grosset  50c 
Rice,  Mrs  A.  H.  Mrs  Wiggs  of  the  Cabbage  Patch. 

Century  $1 

Mr  Opp.  Century  $1 

Richards,  Mrs  L.  E.  Wooing  of  Calvin  Parks. 

Estes  $1.25 

Richardson,  Dorothy.  The  long  day : story  of  a New 
York  working  girl.  Century  $1.20 

Roberts,  C.  G.  D.  Heart  of  the  ancient  wood. 

Grosset  50c;  Page  $1.50 
See  also  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  203,  and  Supplement,  1904-11, 
p.  174- 

Robins,  Elizabeth.  Come  and  find  me.  Century  $1.50 
Russell,  W.  C.  Wreck  of  the  Grosvenor. 

Scribner  $1.25 

Saintine,  X.  B.  Picciola.  (Riverside  classics) 

Houghton  $1 

Sand,  George.  Fadette.  Little  $1 

See  also  A.  L.  A.  Catalog , pt.  1,  p.  254. 

Scott,  Sir  Walter.  Ivanhoe.  (Dryburgh  ed.) 

Macmillan  $1.25;  Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c  n 

Talisman.  (Dryburgh  ed.) 

Macmillan  $1.25;  Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c  n 
For  other  titles,  see  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  237. 

Seawell,  M.  E.  History  of  Lady  Betty  Stair. 

Scribner  $1.25 

Sedgwick,  A.  D.  Tante.  Century  $1.30 

Silberrad,  U.  L.  The  good  comrade.  Doubleday  $1.35 
Smith,  F.  H.  Caleb  West. 

Grosset  50c;  Houghton  $1.50 


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Colonel  Carter  of  Cartersville. 

Grosset  50c;  Houghton  $1.25 

Tom  Grogan.  Grosset  50c;  Houghton  $1.50 

Spearman,  F.  H.  Nerve  of  Foley.  Harper  $1.25 

Stevenson,  R.  L.  David  Balfour.  (Biographical  ed.) 

Scribner  $1 

Kidnapped.  (Biographical  ed.) 

Scribner  $1 ; Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c  n 

Treasure  Island;  illus.  by  E.  P.  Abbott. 

(Washington  Sq.  classics)  Jacobs  $1 

This  is  an  excellent  edition  for  the  money,  attractively  illustrated 
colors.  A more  sumptuous  edition,  with  colored  illustrations  by 
. C.  Wyeth,  is  published  by  Scribner  at  $2.50. 

Stewart,  C.  D.  Fugitive  blacksmith.  Century  $1.50 
Stimson,  F.  J.  King  Noanett.  Scribner  $1 

Stockton,  F.  R.  Casting  away  of  Mrs  Leeks  and  Mrs 
Aleshine.  Century  $1.50 

Rudder  Grange.  Scribner  $1.25 

Stowe,  Mrs  H.  B.  Uncle  Tom’s  Cabin. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c  n;  Grosset  50c 
Stuart,  Mrs  R.  M.  Moriah’s  mourning.  Harper  $1.25 
Sonny  and  Napoleon  Jackson  Century  $1  ea. 

Tarbell,  I.  M.  He  knew  Lincoln.  Macmillan  50c 

Tarkington,  Booth.  Gentleman  from  Indiana. 

Grosset  50c 

— Monsieur  Beaucaire.  Grosset  50c 

Thackeray,  W.  M.  Henry  Esmond.  Dutton  (Every- 
man’s lib.)  35c;  Macmillan  $1 ; Harper  (Biographical 
ed-)  $1-75 

Vanity  fair.  Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c; 

Macmillan  $1 ; Harper  (Biographical  ed.)  $1.75 
For  other  titles,  see  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  240. 

Thanet,  Octave,  pseud.  Knitters  in  the  sun. 

Houghton  $1.25 

Missionary  sheriff.  Harper  $1.25;  see  also  A.  L.  A.  Catalog, 
pt  1,  p.  206,  and  Supplement,  1904-11,  p.  175. 

Thompson,  Maurice.  Alice  of  old  Vincennes. 

Grosset  50c 

Trollope,  Anthony. 

See  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  241.  Barchester  towers  Dutton 
(Everyman’s  lib.)  35c;  or  Eustace  diamonds,  2v.  Dodd,  $1.25  ea. ; 
might  be  bought  first. 


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803 


Turgenev,  I.  S.  A house  of  gentlefolk ; tr.  by  Constance 
Garnett.  Macmillan  $1.25 

Verne,  Jules. 

See  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  255. 

Wallace,  Lew.  Ben-Hur. 

Harper  $1.50,  library  binding  13c  extra 
Ward,  Mrs  Humphrey.  Marcella. 

Grosset  50c;  Macmillan  $1 

See  also  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  241,  and  the  Supplement, 
1 904-1 1,  p.  176. 

Westcott,  E.  N.  David  Harum.  Grosset  50c 

Weyman,  S.  J.  Gentleman  of  France.  Longmans  $1.25 

Under  the. red  robe.  Longmans  $1.25 

See  also  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  242,  and  the  Supplement, 
1904-11,  p.  1 77- 

White,  S.  E.  Blazed  trail.  Grosset  50c 

Silent  places.  Grosset  50c 

White,  W.  A.  A certain  rich  man.  Macmillan  $1.50 
Wiggin,  K.  D.  Cathedral  courtship,  and  Penelope’s 
English  experiences.  Houghton  $1 

Penelope’s  progress  and  Penelope’s  Irish  experiences  are  pub- 
lished by  Grosset  at  50c  ea. 

Wilkins,  M.  E.  (Mrs  M.  E.  (Wilkins)  Freeman).  A 
New  England  nun,  and  other  stories.  Harper  $1.25 

See  also  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  209,  and  the  Supplement, 
1904-11,  p.  164. 

Williams,  J.  L.  The  married  life  of  the  Frederick 
Carrolls.  Scribner  $1.50 

Wister,  Owen.  Lady  Baltimore.  Macmillan  $1.50 

The  Virginian.  Grosset  50c ; Macmillan  $1.50 

Yonge,  C.  M.  Dove  in  the  eagle’s  nest. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c;  Macmillan  $1.25 
See  also  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  242. 

FOR  CHILDREN  AND  YOUNG  PEOPLE:  ARRANGED 
BY  SUBJECT 

Cyclopedias 

Champlin,  J.  D.  Young  folks’  cyclopedia  of  common 
things.  Holt  $3 

Young  folks’  cyclopedia  of  literature  and  art. 

Holt  $3 

Young  folks’  cyclopedia  of  persons  and  places. 

Holt  $3 


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220 


244 

220 


230 


Biblical  and  other  religious  stories 
Bible.  Bible  for  young  people ; arranged  from  the  King 
James  version  by  Mrs  J.  B.  Gilder.  New  ed. 

Century  $1.50 

Bible  stories ; ed.  by  R.  G.  Moulton.  (Children 

series  of  the  Modern  reader’s  Bible)  2v. 

Macmillan  50c  ea. 

Canton,  William.  Child’s  book  of  saints. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c 
Foster,  Charles.  Story  of  the  Bible  told  in  simple 
language.  Jacobs  $1 

Old  testament  stories,  selected  by  Edwin  Chisholm  and  Stories 
from  the  life  of  Christ,  selected  by  J.  H.  Kelman  (both  in  Told  to 
the  children  ser.,  Dutton  50c)  are  attractive  Bible  stories  for  very 
little  children. 

Gillie,  R.  C.  The  story  of  stories.  Macmillan  $1.25 


Myths,  legends,  stories  from  history,  etc. 


See  also  separate  list  of  fairy  tales  below. 

398  Aesop.  Fables. 

Grosset  25c;  Dutton  (Told  to  the  children  ser.)  50c 
904  Baldwin,  James.  Fifty  famous  stories  retold. 

American  Book  Co.  35c 

398  or  808  Bryce,  C.  T.  Child-lore  dramatic  reader. 

Scribner  30c  n 


398  or  290  Bulfinch,  Thomas.  Age  of  fable. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c;  McKay  $1.25 
398  Forbes,  C.  B.  Elizabeth’s  charm  string.  Little  $1.50 

290  or  398  Foster,  M.  H.  & Cummings,  M.  H.  Asgard  stories. 

Silver  63c 

290  or  398  Francillon,  R.  E.  Gods  and  heroes. 

398  Greene,  F.  N.  Legends  of  King  Arthur. 

398  Greenwood,  Grace,  pseud.  ( Mrs  S. 

Stories  from  famous  ballads. 

398  Haaren,  J.  H.  ed.  Ballads  and  tales:  fourth  reader 

grade.  Newson  & Co.  25c 

398  or  290  Hawthorne,  Nathaniel.  Tanglewood  tales  for  girls 
and  boys.  (Riverside  literature  ser.)  Houghton  40c 

Illustrated  by  G.  W.  Edwards,  Houghton  $2.50;  bound  with 
Wonder  book,  Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c. 


Ginn  40c 
Ginn  50c 
J.  Lippincott) . 
Ginn  50c 


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398  or  290  Wonder  book  for  girls  and  boys.  (Riverside 

literature  ser.)  Houghton  40c 

Riverside  school  library  ed.  Houghton  70c;  illus.  by  Walter  Crane 
Houghton  $3;  bound  with  Tanglewood  tales,  Dutton  (Everyman’s 
lib.)  35c  n. 

904  Lang,  Andrew,  ed.  Blue  true  story  book. 

Longmans  50c 

398  Tales  of  romance.  Longmans  50c 

398  — Tales  of  the  Round  Table.  Longmans  50c 

398  or  290  Macgregor,  Mary.  Stories  of  Seigfried.  (Told  to  the 
children  ser.)  Dutton  50c 

800  Perry,  W.  C.  Boy’s  Odyssey.  Macmillan  $1.50 

398  Pyle,  Howard.  Some  merry  adventures  of  Robin 

Hood.  (School  reading)  Scribner  50c 

This  is  an  excellent  abridgment  from  his  larger  book  published 
by  Scribner  at  $3. 

398  Scudder,  H.  E.  ed.  Book  of  legends  told  over  again. 

Houghton  50c 

398  Fables  and  folk  stories.  Houghton  45c 

970  Wilson,  G.  L.  Myths  of  the  red  children.  Ginn  45c 

920  Yonge,  C.  M.  Book  of  golden  deeds. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c 

Fairy  tales 

398  Andersen,  H.  C.  Fairy  tales. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c 
398  Arabian  Nights.  Fairy  tales  from  the  Arabian  Nights. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c;  Ginn  (ed.  by  E.  E. 
Hale)  45c;  Longmans  (ed.  by  Lang)  $2,  library  bind- 
ing ioc  extra 

398  Baldwin,  James,  ed.  Fairy  reader. 

American  Book  Co.  35c 

398  Another  fairy  reader. 

American  Book  Co.  35c 

398  Fairy  stories  and  fables. 

American  Book  Co.  35c 

398  Browne,  Frances.  Granny’s  wonderful  chair. 

Heath  30c 

398  Grimm,  J.  L.  K.  & W.  K.  Household  stories. 

Macmillan  $1.50;  Grosset  25c 
398  Haaren,  J.  H.  ed.  Fairy  life  : 3d  reader  grade. 

Newson  & Co.  20c 


398 

398 

398 

398 

398 

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39» 

398 

398 

398 

398 

398 

398 

398 

398 

398 

398 

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Ingelow,  Jean.  Mopsa,  the  fairy.  (Handy  vol.  classics) 

Crowell  35c 

Three  fairy  tales.  Heath  20c 

Jacobs,  Joseph,  ed.  English  fairy  tales. 

Putnam  $1.25,  library  binding  10c  extra 

More  English  fairy  tales.  Putnam  $1.25 

Kingsley,  Charles.  Water  babies.  Dutton  f.Told  to  the 
children  ser.)  50c  n;  illus.  in  color  $2.50 
Lang,  Andrew,  ed.  Aladdin  and  other  stories.' 

Longmans  75c 

Elf  maiden  and  other  stories. 

Longmans  60c 

Golden  mermaid  and  other  stories. 

Longmans  60c 

Magic  ring  and  other  stories. 

Longmans  60c 

Pretty  Goldilocks  and  other  stories. 

Longmans  60c 

Snow  queen  and  other  stories. 

Longmans  75c 

These  books  edited  by  Lang  are  made  up  of  extracts  from  the 
so-called  “colored”  fairy  books,  edited  by  him.  The  original  books, 
called  the  Blue  fairy  book,  Green  fairy  book,  etc.,  are  published  by 
Longmans  at  $1.60  and  $2.  They  are  reprinted  with  poorer  paper 
and  print  by  Burt  at  $1  and  by  Grosset  at  25c.  The  Red  and  the 
Violet  books  may  be  obtained  of  Longmans  in  library  binding, 
which  is  very  desirable. 

Lansing,  M.  F.  ed.  Fairy  tales.  2v.  Ginn  35c  ea. 
Longmans  fairy  tale  books:  (supplementary  readers) 
as  follows:  Cinderella,  20c;  Red  Riding  Hood,  20c; 
Jack  the  Giant  Killer,  20c;  Sleeping  beauty,  20c; 
Whittington,  30c;  Princess  on  the  glass  hill,  30c; 
Prince  Darling,  40c 

These  are  small  books,  strongly  bound,  made  up  from  the  Blue 
fairy  book,  edited  by  Lang.  They  are  excellent  for  little  children. 

Mulock,  D.  M.  Fairy  book.  Grosset  50c 

Little  lame  prince. 

Harper  60c,  library  binding  6c  extra 
Musset,  Paul  de.  Mr  Wind  and  Madam  Rain. 

Harper  (Young  people’s  ser.)  60c 
Rhys,  Ernest,  ed.  Fairy  gold. 

Dutton  (Everyman’s  lib.)  35c  n 
Ruskin,  John.  King  of  the  Golden  River.  Ginn  25c 


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398  Valentine,  Mrs  L.  J.  Aunt  Louisa’s  book  of  fairy  tales. 

Warne  $1 

398  Williston,  T.  P.  Japanese  fairy  tales  retold.  Rand  75c 

398  Wiltse,  S.  E.  Folklore  stories  and  proverbs.  Ginn  30c 

This  makes  37  volumes  of  fairy  tales,  list  price  $17.85.  With 
discount  off,  would  cost  about  $15. 

Picture  books 

All  these  have  excellent  and  colored  illustrations. 

Brooke,  Leslie.  Nursery  rhyme  book.  Warne  $1.50 

Caldecott’s  picture  books,  nos.  1,  2,  3 and  4,  miniature 
ed.  Warne  50c  ea. 

Newell,  Peter.  Topsys  and  turvys.  Century  $1  n 

Amusing  rather  than  artistic. 

Walter  Crane’s  picture  books,  published  by  Lane,  at 
$1.25.  Some  of  the  titles  are:  Bluebeard’s  picture 
book , Mother  Hubbard’s  picture  book,  Red  Riding 
Hood’s  picture  book.  These  3 picture  books  would 
cost  about  $3. 

Civics 


350 

Dole,  N.  H.  Young  citizen. 

Heath  45c 

350 

Hoxie,  C.  D. 

How  the  people  rule. 

Silver  40c 

350 

Ship  of  state, 

by  those  at  the  helm. 

(Youth’s  com- 

panion  ser.) 

Ginn  40c 

Science  and  industries 

537 

Adams,  J.  H. 

Harper’s  electricity  book  for  boys. 

Harper  $1.75 

500 

Andrews,  Jane.  Stories  Mother  Nature  told  her 

children. 

Lothrop  $1 

580 

Bailey,  L.  H. 

First  lessons  with  plants. 

Macmillan  40c 

600 

Baker,  R.  S. 

Boy’s  book  of  inventions. 

Doubleday  $1.60 

699 

Beard,  D.  C. 

Boat-building  and  boating.  Scribner  $1 

640 

Benton,  C.  F. 

Saturday  mornings. 

Estes  75c 

580  Dana,  Mrs  W.  S.  (afterward  Mrs  Parsons).  Plants 

and  their  children.  American  Book  Co.  65c 

630  Duncan,  Frances.  Mary’s  garden  and  how  it  grew. 

Century  $1.25 

640  Johnson,  Constance.  When  mother  lets  us  cook. 

Moffat  75c 

626  Hall,  A.  B.  & Chester,  C.  L.  Panama  and  the  canal. 

Newson  75c;  (School  ed.)  60c 
600  Hill,  C.  T.  Fighting  a fire.  Century  $1.50 


613 

630 

550 

600 

600 

520 

600 

640 

580 

537 

654 

580 

570 

590 

590 

590 

598 

590 

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Jewett,  Mrs  F.  G.  Good  health.  Ginn  40c 

Keffer,  C.  A.  Nature  studies  on  the  farm. 

American  Book  Co.  40c 

Kingsley,  Charles.  Madam  How  and  Lady  Why. 

Macmillan  50c 

Lane,  Mrs  M.  A.  L.  ed.  Industries  of  to-day.  (Youth’s 
companion  ser.)  . Ginn  25c 

Triumphs  of  science.  (Youth’s  companion 

ser.)  Ginn  30c 

Mitton,  G.  E.  Children’s  book  of  stars.  Macmillan  $2 
Of  interest  also  to  grown  people. 

Moffett,  Cleveland.  Careers  of  danger  and  daring. 

Century  $1.50 

Morgan,  Mrs  M.  E.  H.  How  to  dress  a doll. 

Altemus  50c 

Rogers,  j.  E.  Trees  that  every  child  should  know. 

Doubleday  $1.20 

St  John,  T.  M.  How  two  boys  made  their  own  elec- 
trical apparatus.  St  John  $1 

Things  a boy  should  know  about  wireless. 

St  John  $1 

Stokes,  Susan.  Ten  common  trees. 

American  Book  Co.  40c 
Strong,  F.  L.  All  the  year  round : a nature  reader. 
4v.  (v.4  by  Lane)  Ginn  30c  ea. 

Animals 

Bertelli,  Luigi,  “ Vamba,”  pseud.  The  prince  and  his 
ants;  tr.  from  the  Italian  by  S.  F.  Woodruff  and  ed. 
by  V.  L.  Kellogg.  Holt  $1.35 

Brearley,  H.  C.  Animal  secrets  told:  a book  of  whys. 

Stokes  $1.50 

Burroughs,  John.  Squirrels  and  other  fur-bearefs. 

(School  ed.)  Houghton  60c 

Eckstorm,  Mrs  F.  H.  Bird  book.  Heath  60c 

Johonnot,  James.  Friends  in  feathers  and  fur. 

American  Book  Co.  30c 

Jordan,  D.  S.  ed.  True  tales  of  birds  and  beasts. 

Heath  40c 

Long,  W.  J.  Secrets  of  the  woods.  (Woodfolk  ser.) 

Ginn  50c 

Other  titles  in  the  same  series  are  Little  brother  to  the  bear , 
Ways  of  wood  folk,  Wilderness  ways,  and  Woodfolk  at  school. 


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Miller,  Joaquin.  True  bear  stories.  Rand  $1.25 

Miller,  Mrs  O.  T.  Second  book  of  birds. 

Houghton  $1 

Monteith,  John.  Familiar  animals  and  their  wild 
kindred.  American  Book  Co.  50c 

St  Nicholas.  Animal  stories  retold  from  St  Nicholas. 
6v.  Century  65c  ea. 

Titles  as  follows  : About  animals,  Bear  stories,  Cat  stories,  Lion , 
and  tiger  stories,  Panther  stories,  Stories  of  brave  dogs. 

Seton,  E.  T.  Krag  and  Johnny  Bear:  selections  from 
“ Lives  of  the  hunted.”  Scribner  50c 

Lobo,  Rag  and  Vixen : selections  from  “ Wild 

animals  I have  known.”  Scribner  50c 

If  the  library  can  afford  it,  buy  instead  of  the  two  above,  the 
larger  books:  Lives  of  the  hunted,  $1.75;  and  Wild  animals  I have 
known,  $2. 

590  or  636  Young,  E.  R.  My  dogs  in  the  Northland.  Revell  $1.25 

Art 

700  Whitcomb,  I.  P.  Young  people’s  story  of  art.  Dodd  $2 

Songs  and  music 

780  Bacon,  Mrs  M.  S.  H.  Songs  that  every  child  should 

know.  Doubleday  90c 

780  Bell,  Florence,  lady,  comp.  The  singing  circle;  a picture 

book  of  action  songs  and  other  songs  and  dances. 

Longmans  $1.25 

780  Chapin,  A.  A.  Story  of  the  Rhine  gold.  Harper  $1.25 

780  Gaynor,  Mrs  J.  L.  Songs  of  the  child  world. 

Church  $1 

Excellent  collection  of  songs  for  kindergarten  and  elementary 
grades. 

784  Mother  Goose’s  rhymes,  set  to  music  by  J.  W.  Elliott. 

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783  Tomlins,  W.  L.  ed.  Christmas  carols. 

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790  Adams,  J.  H.  Harper’s  indoor  book  for  boys. 

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790  Harper’s  outdoor  book  for  boys. 

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790  Canfield,  D.  F.  What  shall  we  do  now?  Stokes  $1.50 

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790  Good,  Arthur.  Magical  experiments ; or,  Science  in  play. 

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790  Keyes,  A.  M.  When  mother  lets  us  play.  Moffat  75c 

790  or  371  Sage,  Elizabeth  & Cooley,  A.  M.  Occupations  for 
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Rand  75c,  library  binding  5c  extra 
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Henley,  W.  E.  ed.  Lyra  heroica : a book  of  verse  for 
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Poetry  of  the  seasons.  Silver  60c 

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Welsh.  Heath  50c 

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by  W.  R.  Wheeler.  Houghton  $1.50 

Porter,  D.  R.  ed.  Poems  of  action.  Ass’n  Press  75c 
Repplier,  Agnes.  Book  of  famous  verse. 

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Crowell  $1.50 

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Crowell  $1.50 

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Johnston,  C.  H.  L.  Famous  scouts.  Page  $1.50 

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(National  holiday  ser.)  Appleton  $1.50 

Joan  of  Arc.  Lang,  Andrew.  Joan  of  Arc.  (Children’s 

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Macmillan  55c 

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American  Book  Co.  35c 

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350  Three  years  behind  the  guns,  by  L.  G.  T. 

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Century  $1.50,  library  binding  10c  extra 
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Cutting,  Mrs  M.  S.  Heart  of  Lynn.  (Girls’  library) 

Lippincott  $1 

Defoe,  Daniel.  Robinson  Crusoe;  illus.  by  E.  B.  Smith. 

Houghton  $1.50  n;  Crowell  60c 
Diaz,  A.  M.  Polly  Cologne.  Lothrop  $1 

— — William  Henry  letters.  Lothrop  $1 

Dix,  B.  M.  Merrylips. 

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Soldier  Rigdale. 

Grosset  50c;  Macmillan  $1.50 
Dodge,  Mrs  M.  M.  Hans  Brinker. 

Grosset  50c;  better  ed.  with  library  binding,  Scribner 
$1.65 

Duncan,  Norman.  Adventures  of  Billy  Topsail. 

Revell  $1.50 


Eggleston,  Edward.  Hoosier  school-boy. 

Scribner  $1,  library  binding  10c  extra 
Ewing,  J.  H.  Jackanapes,  Daddy  Darwin’s  dovecot  and 
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Finnemore,  John.  Wolf  patrol. 
French,  Allen.  Junior  cup. 
Garland,  Hamlin.  Long  trail. 
Goss,  W.  L.  Jack  Alden. 
Jed. 


Macmillan  $1.50 
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Harper  $1.25 
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Crowell  75c 


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Harris,  J.  C.  Daddy  Jake,  and  short  stories. 

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Masterman  ready. 

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Canoemates. 

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Derrick  Sterling.  Harper  60c 

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Toby  Tyler. 

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Pendleton,  Louis.  King  Tom  and  the  runaways. 

Appleton  $1.50 

Perkins,  L.  F.  The  Dutch  twins.  Houghton  $1 

Pier,  A.  S.  Boys  of  St  Timothy’s.  Scribner  $1.25 
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Guert  Ten  Eyck. 

Red  mustang. 

Talking  leaves. 


(Biographical  ed.)  $1 
Scribner  $1 
Lothrop  $1.25 
Harper  60c 
Harper  60c 


For  other  stories  by  Stoddard,  see  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  205. 


Stowe,  Mrs  H.  B.  Little  Pussy  Willow. 

Houghton  $1.25 

Swift,  Jonathan.  Gulliver’s  travels. 

Dutton  (Todd  to  the  children  ser.)  50c,  (Every- 
man’s lib.)  35c  n. 

There  are  many  other  editions. 

Taggart,  M.  A.  Little  grey  house.  Doubleday  $1.20 
Thompson,  A.  R.  Gold-seeking  on  the  Dalton  trail. 

Little  $1.50 

Tileston,  Mrs  M.  W.  F.  ed.  Children’s  treasure  trove 
of  pearls.  Little  $1.50 

Tomlinson,  E.  T.  Search  for  Andrew  Field. 

Lothrop  $1.25 

For  other  books  by  Tomlinson,  see  A.  L.  A.  Catalog , pt  I, 
p.  207,  and  Supplement,  1904-11,  p.  262. 

Trowbridge,  J.T.  Tinkham  brothers’  tide-mill. 

Lothrop  $1.25 

For  other  books  by  Trowbridge,  see  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1, 
p.  207. 

True,  J.  P.  Iron  star.  Little  50c  n,  $1  or  $1.50 

Scouting  for  Washington.  Little  $1.50 

For  other  books  by  True,  see  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  207. 
Vaile,  C.  M.  Orcutt  girls.  Wilde  $1.50 

Sue  Orcutt.  Wilde  $1.50 

Verne,  Jules.  Twenty  thousand  leagues  under  the  sea. 

Dutton  $1 

Waterloo,  Stanley.  Story  of  Ab.  Doubleday  $1.35 

Wheelwright,  J.  T.  War  children.  Dodd  $1.50 

White,  E.  O.  An  only  child.  Houghton  $r 

When  Molly  was  six.  Houghton  $1 

For  other  books  by  this  author,  see  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1, 
p.  208,  and  Supplement,  1904-11,9.  262. 

White,  S.  E.  Magic  forest. 

Grossett  50c;  Macmillan  $1.20  n 


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Whitney,  Mrs  A.  D.  T.  Summer  in  Leslie  Gold- 

thwaite’s  life.  Houghton  $1.25 

For  other  books  by  this  author,  see  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1, 
p.  209,  and  Supplement,  1904-11,  p.  178. 

Wiggin,  K.  D.  Birds’  Christmas  Carol. 

Houghton  $1.25  11 

Mother  Carey’s  chickens.  Houghton  50c 

Rebecca  of  Sunnybrook  Farm. 

Grosset  50c;  Houghton  $1.25 

& Smith,  N.  A.  ed.  Story  hour.  Houghton  $1 

Wyss,  J.  D.  Swiss  family  Robinson. 

Dutton  $2;  McKay  (Colored  classics)  $1;  illus.  by 
Louis  Rhead,  Harper  $1.50 
Yonge,  C.  M.  Daisy  chain.  Macmillan  $1.25 

For  other  books  by  this  author,  see  A.  L.  A.  Catalog,  pt  1,  p.  242. 

Zollinger,  Gulielma.  Widow  O’Callaghan’s  boys. 

McClurg$i.25  ; Holiday  ed.  with  colored  illus.  $1.50 


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American  Magazine.  (Monthly)  N.  Y.  1905-1912. 
v.60-75.  $i-50 

Indexed  in  Poole,  Library  Index,  Readers’  Guide 
and  Readers’  Guide  Abridged. 

Continuation  of  Leslie’s  Magazine.  Pays  especial  attention  to 
political  reform  movements,  sociological  matters  and  biography 
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Generally  considered  by  librarians  to  be  one  of  the  best  of  the 
cheaper  magazines. 

Atlantic  Monthly.  Boston.  1857-1912.  v.i-iio.  $4 
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Century  Illustrated  Monthly  Magazine.  N.  Y.  1881- 

1912.  v.23-84.  $4 

Continuation  of  Scribners  Monthly. 

Indexed  in  Poole,  Abridged  Poole,  Library  Index, 
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A thoroughly  high-grade  general  magazine.  History,  art  and 
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Educational  Review.  (Monthly)  N.  Y.  1891-1912. 
v.1-44.  $3 

Indexed  in  Poole,  Abridged  Poole,  Library  Index, 
Readers’  Guide  and  Readers’  Guide  Abridged.  There 
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Everybody’s  Magazine.  (Monthly)  N.  Y.  1899- 
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Harper’s  Monthly  Magazine.  N.  Y.  1850—1912.  v.i- 
124.  $4 

Indexed  in  Poole,  Abridged  Poole,  Library  Index , 
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Independent.  (Weekly)  N.  Y.  1848—1912.  v.i— 

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Originally  a religious  weekly  but  now  a weekly  magazine  with 
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1912.  v.1-29.  $1.50 

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National  Geographic  Magazine.  (Monthly)  Wash- 
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Indexed  in  Poole,  Library  Index , Readers'  Guide 
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North  American  Review.  (Monthly)  N.  Y.  1815- 
1912.  v.1-196.  $4 

Indexed  in  Poole,  Abridged  Poole,  Library  Index, 
Readers'  Guide  and  Readers'  Guide  Abridged.  Semi- 
monthly from  September  1 906- August  1 907  (v.183- 

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and  sociology.  In  recent  years  it  has  been  under  the  same  general 
editorship  as  Harper’s  Weekly  and  reflects  something  of  the  same 
general  editorial  policy. 

Outlook.  (Weekly)  N.  Y.  1893—1912.  v.48— 101.  $3 
Continuation  of  Christian  Union  which  comprises 
v.1-47  of  the  series. 

Indexed  in  Poole,  Abridged  Poole,  Library  Index, 
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Still  maintains  a distinctly  religious  tone  though  it  is  practically 
free  from  sectarian  or  theological  bias.  The  regular  numbers 
are  chiefly  devoted  to  discussions  of  social  and  political  matters 
with  one  or  two  literary  articles;  the  monthly  “magazine  num- 
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with  the  Independent  the  distinction  of  being  one  of  the  most 
timely  reference  aids  on  current  questions. 


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Review  of  Reviews.  American.  (Monthly)  1890- 

1912.  v.1-46.  $3 

Indexed  in  Poole,  Abridged  Poole,  Library  Index , 
Readers’  Guide  and  Readers’  Guide  Abridged. 

Original  and  condensed  or  digested  articles  on  current  move- 
ments. Particular  attention  to  politics  and  sociology,  but  litera- 
ture, drama  and  art  also  included.  The  “ Progress  of  the  world  ” 
section  is  a good  summary  of  events  of  the  month,  American  and 
foreign.  The  “ Cartoons  of  the  month  ” make  it  popular  in  read- 
ing rooms.  Articles  are  too  brief  for  students  but  useful  for 

information,  too  recent  to  be  present  in  more  formal  articles  or 

books. 

St  Nicholas.  N.  Y.  1873-1912.  v.1-39.  $3 

Indexed  in  Readers’  Guide , Library  Index  and 
Readers’  Guide  Abridged. 

A popular,  well-illustrated  magazine  for  young  people.  Short 
stories,  serials,  articles  on  history,  biography,  travel  and  nature 
study.  Special  pages  for  small  children.  The  articles  are  almost 
without  exception  well  written,  wholesome  and  interesting.  Back 
volumes  are  well  worth  getting.  There  is  a general  index  ($4) 
to  v.  1-27. 

Scientific  American.  (Weekly)  N.  Y.  Seri.es  1. 
1845-1859.  v.1-12;  Series  2.  1859-1912.  v.i-107. 

$3 

Indexed  in  Engineering  Index , Library  Index, 
Readers’  Guide  and  Readers’  Guide  Abridged. 

“The  purpose  of  this  journal  is  to  record  accurately,  simply 
and  interestingly,  the  world’s  progress  in  scientific  knowledge  and 
industrial  achievement.”  Includes  .also  articles  on  anthropology 
and  archeology.  Brief  descriptions,  with  some  illustrations,  of 
“ recently  patented  inventions  ” and  reviews  of  new  scientific 
books.  As  a scientific  newspaper  it  is  much  read  by  men  and 
older  boys. 

Scribner’s  Magazine.  (Monthly)  N.  Y.  1887-1912. 
v.1-52.  $3 

Indexed  in  Poole,  Abridged  Poole,  Library  Index , 
Readers’  Guide  and  Readers’  Guide  Abridged. 

Somewhat  smaller  and  cheaper  than  the  Century  and  Harper’s 
Magazine  with  which  it  ranks  in  quality,  general  scope  and  illus- 
trations. Many  of  the  articles,  particularly  on  art  and  general 
literature,  are  of  permanent  reference  value.  Should  not  be  con- 
fused with  Scribner’s  Monthly,  the  predecessor  of  the  Century. 

Survey.  (Weekly)  N.  Y.  1897-1912.  v.1-28.  $2 

Formerly  the  Charities  Review  and  Charities  and  the 
Commons. 

Indexed  in  Poole,  Readers’  Guide  and  Readers’ 
Guide  Abridged. 

“A  journal  of  constructive  philanthropy”  dealing  with  all  move- 
ments, public  and  private,  which  aim  at  social  improvement. 
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labor  as  against  capital,  especially  in  recent  volumes,  but  generally 
fair  in  its  presentations.  Much  used  by  high  school  debaters  and 
extensively  read  particularly  in  cities  and  the  large  towns. 

World’s  Work.  (Monthly)  N.  Y.  1900— 1912.  v.i- 

24-  $3 

Indexed  in  Poole,  Abridged  Poole,  Library  Index , 
Readers’  Guide  and  Readers’  Guide  Abridged. 

Made  up  of  comments  and  papers  on  current  events  and  cur- 
rent movements.  “ The  march  of  events  ” is  composed  of  brief 
well-written  editorials  on  persons  and  occurrences  of  present 
prominence.  The  general  articles  are  fresh  and  interesting  and 
touch  on  the  moral  and  intellectual  welfare  of  the  country  as 
well  as  on  its  material  prosperity.  Excellent  half-tone  portraits 
and  other  illustrations.  Covers,  without  duplicating  or  imitating, 
much  the  same  general  ground  as  the  Review  of  Reviews. 


